Table 1.

Clinical features and affected level (n = 32)

Demographics	Number of patients (%)
Preoperative clinical features
Neck pain	32 (100%)
Inflexible hand movements	26 (81.25%)
Unsteady gait	8 (25%)
Sensory numbness	28 (87.5%)
Motor weakness	16 (50%)
Tendon reflex abnormalities	20 (62.5%)
Positive Hoffman’s sign	24 (75%)
Level of pathology
C6–7	3 (9.4%)
C5–6	15 (46.9%)
C4–5	12 (37.5%)
C3–4	2 (6.2%)