Table 3.
Clinical Outcomes Using the Frankel Classification.
| PJF (+) group, n=63 | PJF (−) group, n=340 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final FU | Final FU | |||||||||||
| A | B | C | D | E | A | B | C | D | E | |||
| Preoperative | A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| C | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 102 | 15 | ||
| D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 115 | 52 | ||
| E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Darker gray indicates patients who deteriorated in grade in at final follow up.
Middle gray indicates patients with a stable grade at final follow up.
Blighter gray indicates patients improved grade at final follow up.
PJF: proximal junctional fracture, FU: follow up