Table 2.

Clinicopathological data and functional prognosis including first ambulation (days) after the surgery

Patient no.	Tumor progression classified by Katagiri et al.	ESCC grade	SINs	Frankel classification, preoperative/postoperative	Pathology level	Instrumentation level	First ambulation training (days after the surgery)	Implant failure	Collapse	RT	BI gain
1	Slow	2	11	D/D	T3	T1-5	2	-	-	+	80
2	Slow	2	10	E/E	L3	L1-5	2	-	-	+	95
3	Slow	3	14	E/D	T3-6, 8, 11, L2	T11-L3	4	-	-	+	90
4	Slow	3	16	E/E	T5.11	T2-L2	7	-	-	+	5
5*	Slow	3	11	B/B	T6	T4-8	6	-	-	+	20
6	Slow	3	12	C/D	T4	T2-6	1	-	-	-	25
7	Slow	3	10	E/E	T7	T5-9	2	-	-	+	35
8	Moderate	1a	5	E/E	T7	T5-9	3	-	-	+	0
9	Moderate	1b	11	E/E	T12	T10-L2	2	-	-	+	30
10	Moderate	2	6	E/E	T7	T5-9	4	-	-	+	− 5
11	Moderate	3	16	C/C	T11, L2	T9-L4	4	-	-	+	40
12	Moderate	3	7	E/E	L2	T12-L4	4	-	-	+	0
13	Moderate	3	10	E/C	T8	T5-T11	24	-	-	-	10
14*	Moderate	3	8	B/B	T7	T4-10	2	-	-	-	25
15	Rapid	1c	11	C/C	L4, 5	L1-S1	2	-	-	-	50
16*	Rapid	2	9	B/C	T6, 8	T4-T10	10	-	-	+	− 15
17	Rapid	2	11	D/D	T9	T7-11	4	-	-	+	60
18	Rapid	2	8	E/E	L3	L1-L5	1	-	-	-	− 10
19	Rapid	2	10	E/D	L4	L2-S1	1	-	-	-	60
20	Rapid	3	11	D/B	T2	T1-3	49	-	-	+	0
21	Rapid	3	11	E/E	T10	T8-12	1	-	-	+	20
22	Rapid	3	13	E/E	T12	T10-L2	NE**	-	-	-	− 10
23	Rapid	3	10	E/E	L2	T12-L4	9	-	-	+	− 5
24	Rapid	3	11	E/E	T12	T10-L2	2	-	-	+	95
25	Rapid	3	12	E/B	T6	T3-9	35	-	-	-	− 35
26	Rapid	3	8	E/E	T4, 5	T2-7	1	-	-	+	0
27*	Rapid	3	12	B/C	T3	T1-5	5	-	-	-	35

^*Patients 5, 14, 16, and 27 were nonambulatory due to motor paralysis before the surgery

^**Patient 22 could not receive the training due to worsening of general condition