Table 3.

Neurological evaluation using the Frankel^a classification: preoperative values compared with those recorded 4 weeks postoperatively

	Pre-op.	4 weeks post-op.
	n=54 b	A	B	C	D	E	Dead
Hormone-refractory
A
B	3 b			2			1
C	33 b			10	18		5
D	5				5
E
Hormone-naive
A
B
C	12			3	9
D	1				1
E

^aSee legends to Table 1.

^b 6 patients with hormone refractory tumors died within 4 weeks after operation and are not included in 4 weeks postoperative evaluation.