Posterior Injured Vertebra Column Resection and Spinal Shortening for Thoracolumbar Fracture Associated with Severe Spinal Cord Injury: A Retrospective Case-Control Observational Study

Table 3

Neurological status of patients in simple posterior decompression and fixation group and PIVCR and spinal shortening group.

ASIA impairment scale on admission	Group A (n = 32)					Group B (n = 34)
	A	B	C	D	E	A	B	C	D	E
A	11	2	2	1	0	6	5	1	1	2
B		5	2	1	0		2	2	3	3
C			1	2	5				1	8
Total	11	7	5	4	5	6	7	3	5	13