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An independent observer assessed the clinical and imaging findings after a mean follow-up duration of 40 months.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Forty-two (95.4%) of the 44 patients were successfully treated with conservative medical management and attained acceptable spinal deformity angles, and none of these patients had any residual instability, radiculopathy, or neurological compromise. Only 4.5% of the patients experienced residual spine deformity (as much as a 30\u00b0 kyphotic angle), which was clinically obvious but biomechanically stable.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients with Pott disease in the lumbar or thoracic region, without neurological deficits or kyphosis, can be treated conservatively in the vast majority of cases. 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