[Retracted] Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Anterior Cervical Decompression versus Segmental Fusion and Posterior Expansive Canal Plasty in the Treatment of Multilevel Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

Table 3

Analysis and comparison of JOA scores in different periods.

Items	Anterior group (n = 34)		Posterior group (n = 22)
	Preoperative	3 months after surgery	Preoperative	3 months after surgery
Upper limb function	1.2 ± 0.8	3.2 ± 0.8	1.1 ± 0.7	2.1 ± 0.8
Lower limb function	1.1 ± 0.8	3.0 ± 0.7	1.1 ± 0.7	2.1 ± 0.8
Sensory function	3.1 ± 0.2	5.1 ± 0.5	3.2 ± 0.3	5.2 ± 0.7
Bladder function	2.2 ± 0.6	2.1 ± 0.7	2.1 ± 0.8	2.1 ± 0.4
Total	8.4 ± 0.8	15.4 ± 0.8	8.2 ± 0.9	13.5 ± 0.2