Table 1.

Patients' characteristics and details of variables evaluated

No.	Age/sex	Injured disc	JOA score				Surgery time (min)	Blood loss (mL)
			Preoperative	2 weeks*	3 months*	Final follow‐up
1	35/M	C3–4, C4–5	9	14	15	16	140	200
2	44/F	C5–6	10	15	16	17	95	50
3	40/M	C6–7	8	12	14	14	95	80
4	43/M	C3–4	7	14	15	15	100	50
5	65/F	C6–7	10	11	12	13	80	80
6	46/M	C4–5	11	15	16	16	120	140
7	71/M	C4–5, C5–6	9	13	14	15	155	300
8	67/M	C6–7	9	13	14	15	120	100
9	37/M	C5–6	11	14	14	15	100	110
10	39/M	C5–6	7	11	13	14	115	120
11	41/M	C5–6	8	11	13	14	125	130
12	54/M	C5–6, C6–7	8	14	16	16	160	330
13	37/M	C5–6	9	14	15	15	85	60
14	45/F	C4–5	10	14	15	16	90	50
15	39/M	C6–7	10	13	15	16	80	60
16	41/F	C5–6	9	14	15	15	95	60

Note: *Postoperative; F, female; M, male.