Table 9 Role of filum terminal sectioning in improvement
From: Tethered cord syndrome: surgical outcome of 43 cases and review of literatures
Parameters | Sectioned | Not | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | ||
Back pain | 9/15 | 60 | 6/5 | 67 | 0.5 |
Parathesia | 8/9 | 89 | 1/9 | 11 | 0.003 |
Weakness | 9/9 | 100 | 0/9 | 0 | 0.0001 |
Urine abnormality | 9/12 | 75 | 3/12 | 25 | 0.001 |
Bowel abnormality | 9/9 | 100 | 0/9 | 0 | 0.0001 |