Table 2.
Postoperative functional outcome according to the MCS.
| MCS | Preoperative n = 148 | Postoperative n = 148 |
3 months postoperatively n = 142 |
6 months postoperatively n = 141 |
12 months postoperatively n = 135 |
24 months postoperatively n = 131 |
36 months postoperatively n = 114 |
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| Cervical | MCS I + II | 27 (71.1%) | 14 (36.8%) | 17 (47.2%) | 18 (51.4%) | 21 (61.7%) | 20 (60.6%) | 19 (63.3%) |
| MCS III + IV | 11 (28.9%) | 24 (63.2%) | 19 (52.8%) | 17 (48.6%) | 13 (38.3%) | 13 (39.4%) | 11 (36.7%) | |
| Thoracic | MCS I + II | 29 (69.0%) | 23 (54.7%) | 24 (58.5%) | 24 (58.5%) | 25 (62.5%) | 24 (61.5%) | 21 (61.8%) |
| MCS III + IV | 13 (31.0%) | 19 (45.3%) | 17 (41.5%) | 17 (41.5%) | 15 (37.5%) | 15 (38.5%) | 13 (38.2%) | |
| Lumbar | MCS I + II | 62 (91.2%) | 63 (92.6%) | 60 (92.3%) | 60 (92.3%) | 57 (93.4%) | 55 (93.2%) | 46 (92.0%) |
| MCS III + IV | 6 (8.8%) | 5 (7.4%) | 5 (7.7%) | 5 (7.7%) | 4 (6.6%) | 4 (6.8%) | 4 (8.0%) |
MCS, McCormick Score.