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Preoperative and postoperative evaluation of improvement in American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) impairment scale. Table showing change in the ASIA impairment scale between the preoperative status (vertical) and postoperative status at 2-year follow-up (horizontal).
| Pre | Post | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | C | D | E | |
| B | 0∗∗ | 2∗∗∗ | 0∗∗∗ | 0∗∗∗ |
| C | 0∗ | 0∗∗ | 1∗∗∗ | 0∗∗∗ |
| D | 0∗ | 0∗ | 1∗∗ | 1∗∗∗ |
| E | 0∗ | 0∗ | 0∗ | 4∗∗ |
∗Poor; ∗∗similar; ∗∗∗improved.
