Table 2.

Patient Demographics.

Patient	Age (years)/Sex	History of trauma	History of spine surgery	Level of web	Presence of syrinx	Follow-up period (months)	Preoperative/Postoperative T-JOA score (Locomotion/trunk sensation/LE sensation/BBD)	Rate of recovery of T-JOA score
1	73/M	No	No	T4	Above	24	8.5 (2.5/2/1/3)/9.5 (3/2/1.5/3)	40%
2	59/M	No	No	T3-4	Above	12	8 (3/1/1/3)/9 (4/1/1/3)	33.3%
3	71/F	No	Yes	T7	Below	28	3.5 (1/1/0.5/1)/5.5 (1.5/1/1/2)	26.7%
4	78/M	No	No	T3	Below	36	6 (1/2/1/2)/7 (2/2/1/2)	20%
5	72/F	No	No	T7	No	24	8.5 (2/2/1.5/3)/9.5 (3/2/1.5/3)	40%

Recovery rate of T-JOA score, (Post-T-JOA -Pre- T-JOA)×100 / (11 - Pre- T-JOA) (%). BBD, bladder-bowel dysfunction; F, female; LE, lower extremities; M, male; T-JOA, Thoracic Japanese Orthopaedic Association