Table 2.

Thirty-three patients affected by spinal meningiomas with severe preoperative neurological deficits. Recovery points = (preoperative Levy score) − (postoperative Levy score)

Case no.	Age (years)	Sex	Duration of symptoms before surgery (months)	Location	Surgical removal	Levy score		Follow-up (months)	Recovery points
						Preoperative	Postoperative
1	73	F	1	T7	Total	III	Total recovery	72	3
2	67	F	8	C7−T1	Total	IV	II	12	2
3	64	F	3	T10	Total	IV	III	15	1
4	79	M	12	T5	Total	IV	I	156	3
5	81	M	16	T11	Total	III	Total recovery	183	3
6	74	F	2	T5	Total	IV	Total recovery	36	4
7	19	F	4	C6−T1	Total	III	Total recovery	151	3
8	88	F	12	T5−T6+T8−T9	Total	IV	I	31	3
9	69	F	9	T9+T11−T12	Total	III	I	84	2
10	67	F	3	C7−T2	Total	III	I	12	2
11	57	F	13	C7−T1	Total	III	Total recovery	140	3
12	70	F	3	T8−T9	Total	III	I	136	2
13	73	F	12	C8	Total	IV	Total recovery	54	4
14	79	F	12	T8−T9	Total	IV	I	142	3
15	76	F	72	T4−T5	Total	IV	I	131	3
16	80	F	15	T10−T11	Total	IV	Total recovery	60	4
17	14	F	6	T8	Total	III	Total recovery	127	3
18	86	F	6	T7	Subtotal	IV	Total recovery	12	4
19	22	M	5	C6−C7	Total	IV	Total recovery	121	4
20	64	F	120	C5−C6	Total	III	Total recovery	117	3
21	75	F	3	T3−T4	Total	III	Total recovery	62	3
22	69	F	2	T6−T7	Total	III	I	63	2
23	80	F	6	T5	Subtotal	IV	Total recovery	12	4
24	61	M	6	T2−T3	Total	III	Total recovery	60	3
25	76	F	7	T11−T12	Total	III	Total recovery	64	3
26	64	F	11	T12	Total	III	Total recovery	51	3
27	49	M	5	L1−L2	Total	III	II	51	1
28	70	F	2	T6−T7	Total	IV	I	48	3
29	58	F	13	T8−T9	Total	III	Total recovery	40	3
30	64	F	12	T6−T7	Total	III	Total recovery	40	3
31	66	F	24	T11	Total	III	Total recovery	19	3
32	71	F	3	T8−T9	Total	III	I	17	2
33	85	F	24	T6−T7	Total	III	II	16	1
Mean	66.3		13.7					70.7
Median	70		7					60
Minimum	14		1					12
Maximum	88		120					183