Endoscopy-assisted anterior cervical debridement combined with posterior fixation and fusion for the treatment of upper cervical spine tuberculosis: a retrospective feasibility study

Table 2 Clinical effectiveness and outcomes

Patients no.	Fusion time (months)	ASIA		JOA		VAS			ESR (mm/h)		Kirkaldy-Willis criteria
Patients no.	Fusion time (months)	Pre	FFU	Pre	FFU	Pre	TMP	FFU	Pre	TMP	Kirkaldy-Willis criteria
1	9	E	E	15	17	7	2	0	54	9	Excellent
2	9	D	E	12	17	6	1	0	63	12	Excellent
3	12	C	E	9	16	7	2	0	58	11	Good
4	12	E	E	17	17	6	2	0	72	13	Excellent
5	15	D	E	13	17	8	2	1	47	9	Excellent
6	9	C	D	9	17	7	1	0	53	10	Excellent
7	9	D	E	12	16	6	1	0	38	6	Good
8	10	D	E	14	17	7	3	0	85	9	Excellent
9	9	E	E	16	17	7	1	0	56	10	Excellent
10	12	D	D	13	15	6	1	0	62	9	Fair
11	11	E	E	13	17	7	2	1	47	7	Excellent
12	12	D	E	12	17	7	2	1	51	10	Excellent
13	14	E	E	12	16	8	2	0	36	15	Excellent
14	9	D	E	13	16	7	1	0	63	7	Good
15	12	E	E	11	17	6	1	0	51	8	Excellent
16	12	E	E	10	16	6	1	0	66	8	Good
17	10	D	E	11	16	7	2	0	76	11	Excellent
Mean	10.9 ± 1.9			12.5 ± 2.2	16.5 ± 0.6^*	6.8 ± 0.7	1.6 ± 0.6^*	0.2 ± 0.4^*	57.5 ± 12.9	9.6 ± 2.3^*

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