Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Tubercular Spondylitis

Table 1

Neurological improvement as per Frankel’s grading.

Frankel’s grades	Number of patients
	Preop	Immediate postop	1 M	3 M	6 M	12 M	FFU
A	7	4	3	—	—	—
B	—	1	2	2	—	—
C	—	—	—	—	2	—
D	—	2	2	3	3	3	2
E	2	2	2	4	4	6	7

M: months; FFU: final followup.