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Table 4 Neurological recovery according to Frankel grade

From: Comparison of single posterior debridement, bone grafting and instrumentation with single-stage anterior debridement, bone grafting and posterior instrumentation in the treatment of thoracic and thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis

Time point

Group A

Group B

A

B

C

D

E

A

B

C

D

E

Preoperative

 

1

3

26

4

  

2

26

2

Final follow-up*

   

3

31

   

3

27

  1. HC-A = 41.3, HC-B = 16.8, HCA-B = 0.3;
  2. *P < 0.05 vs. preoperative