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Table 3 Surgery for metastatic spinal cord compression from metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: functional outcome

From: Clinical outcome of surgical management for symptomatic metastatic spinal cord compression from prostate cancer

FRANKEL Grade

Postoperative

Number of patients

Preoperative

A

B

C

D

E

Total (11)

A

     

0

B

     

0

C

  

5a

3b

 

8

D

   

2c

1c

3

E

     

0

  1. aThese patients were nonambulatory both before and after decompression surgery
  2. bThese patients were nonambulatory before decompression surgery and ambulatory after surgery
  3. cThese patients were ambulatory both before and after decompression surgery