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Table 1 Neurologic recovery (n = 36)

From: Posterior indirect reduction and pedicle screw fixation without laminectomy for Denis type B thoracolumbar burst fractures with incomplete neurologic deficit

 

Preoperative

Postoperative

Frankel scale gradea

  

 A

0

0

 B

9

0

 C

12

7

 D

15

12

 E

0

17

ASIA score*

25.4 ± 10.8

42.1 ± 10.5

  1. ASIA American Spinal Injury Association
  2. *Statistically significant: P < 0.05
  3. aThe median improvement was 1.1 grades in Frankel’s scale
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X