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Table 2 The improvement of visual analog scale and Frankel scale before surgery, before discharge (postoperative), and one year later

From: Single posterior approach for circumferential debridement and anterior reconstruction using fibular allograft in patients with skipped multifocal spinal tuberculosis

Case number

Pre-op VAS

Post-op VAS

1 yr VAS

Pre-op FS

Post-op FS

1 yr FS

1

8

3

2

C

D

D

2

8

3

2

D

E

E

3

7

4

1

D

D

E

4

8

4

3

D

D

E

5

7

3

2

D

D

D

6

7

4

3

C

E

E

7

8

3

1

E

E

E

8

8

3

2

D

E

E

9

7

3

3

C

D

E

10

7

3

2

E

E

E

11

8

4

2

D

D

E

12

7

3

2

D

E

E

  1. Pre-op preoperative; Post-op postoperative; 1 yr one year later; VAS visual analog scale: 0 means no pain, and 10 means the most pain possible; FS Frankel scale: A complete paralysis; B sensory function only below the injury level; C incomplete motor function below injury level; D fair to good motor function below injury level; and E normal function
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X