Table 4 Comparison between the neurological status of patients suffered by ankylosing spondylitis before and after the operation due to spinal injury, using the Frankel neurological classification.
From: Surgical outcome after spinal fractures in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
| Postoperatively | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankel | A | D | E | ||
| Preoperatively | A | N | 3 | - | - |
| % | 15% | 0% | 0% | ||
| B | N | - | 2 | - | |
| % | 0% | 10% | 0% | ||
| C | N | - | 2 | 2 | |
| % | 0% | 10% | 10% | ||
| D | N | - | - | 1 | |
| % | 0% | 0% | 5% | ||
| E | N | - | - | 10 | |
| % | 0% | 0% | 50% | ||
| Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test: p = 0,015 | |||||
