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Table 3 Neurological function before and after the surgery

From: Single-stage posterior-only debridement, decompression and interbody fusion for the treatment of thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis complicated with psoas abscesses

Pre-op Frankel grade

Case number

Frankel grade at post-op

Frankel grade at final follow-up

A

B

C

D

E

A

B

C

D

E

A

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

B

3

0

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

C

11

0

0

4

6

1

0

0

0

4

7

D

24

0

0

0

10

14

0

0

0

3

21

E

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

  1. Pre-op pre-operative, Post-op post-operative