Table 3.

Comparison of presenting symptoms for tethered cord syndrome

Presenting symptom	Myelomeningocele	Lipomyelomeningocele	p value
Scoliosis	51/100	6/53	<0.0001
Pain	32/100	30/53	0.005
Orthopaedic deformity	11/100	17/53	0.002
Motor weakness	55/100	25/53	0.397
Gait abnormality	54/100	23/53	0.237
Urinary incontinence	6/100	11/21	0.0125

Data presented as the number of patients exhibiting the symptom, were extracted from Herman et al. [7]