Treatment of Spinal Metastases with Epidural Cord Compression through Corpectomy and Reconstruction via the Traditional Open Approach versus the Mini-Open Approach: A Multicenter Retrospective Study

Figure 5

The postoperative outcomes of the visual analogue score, Frankel grade, and Karnofsky scores. The average postoperative decreases in the visual analogue score were 3.7 and 4.5 points in the open and mini-open groups (a). The Karnofsky scores (b) and Frankel grade (c) improved postoperatively in both groups.

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