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Results of functional examinations in 12 patients with complete CES after decompression

Patient No.	Time after operation (month)	Perineal sense	Bladder empty	Bowel empty	Penile erection	Motor (M) and sense (S) in legs*
↓, ↓↓, and ↓↓↓ indicate slight, moderate and severe reduction, respectively. Occ: Occasional; NA: Not applicable.
1	96	↓↓↓	Often incontinence	occ. incontinence	Normal	M:Ⅳ; S:↓↓
2	28	↓↓	Normal	Normal	Normal	S: ↓
3	14	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
4	12	Tingling	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
5	50	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
6	33	↓↓	occ. incontinence	occ. incontinence	NA	M: Ⅲ; S:Tingling
7	33	Normal	occ. incontinence	Constipation	Normal	M: Ⅲ; S: Normal
8	23	Tingling	Normal	Constipation	Normal	M:Normal; S: ↓
9	3	↓	Incontinence	Incontinence	NA	M:Ⅳ; S:↓↓
10	25	↓↓	occ. incontinence	occ. incontinence	Normal	M:Ⅲ; S: ↓
11	30	↓↓	occ. incontinence	constipation	Normal	M:Normal; S:↓↓↓
12	96	↓	Normal	occ. constipation	NA	Normal