. 2015 Jun 29;10(6):e0130185. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130185

Table 2. Neurologic recovery according to Frankel scoring system.

Preoperative Frankel grade	No. of cases	Frankel grade at last Follow-up
Preoperative Frankel grade	No. of cases	A	B	C	D	E
A	0	0	0	0	0	0
B	19(1^*17 ^▪ 1 ^♦ )	0	0	2(1^*1 ^▪ )	9(9 ^▪ )	8(7 ^▪ 1 ^♦ )
C	21(19 ^▪ 2 ^♦ )	0	0	0	2(2 ^▪ )	19(17 ^▪ 2 ^♦ )
D	9(6^*3 ^★ )	0	0	0	2(1^*1 ^★ )	7(5^*2 ^★ )
E	4(2^*2 ^# )	0	0	0	0	4(2^*2 ^# )

This table shows neurologic recovery according to Frankel scoring system

* the conservative adult patients

# the conservative children patients

▪ the adult patients who underwent anterior debridement, interbody fusion with instrumentation

♦the adult patients who underwent one-stage anterior debridement combined posterior instrumentation

^★the children patients who underwent anterior debridement only.