Table 5.
Surgical outcome of 318 patients undergoing SFT
| Variables | Patient Group (%) | |
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| Children | Adults | |
| Total no. patients | 74 (12) | 244 (88) |
| Complications | ||
| Total no. patients | 2 (1) | 7 (3) |
| Wound infection | 0 | 3 (1) |
| CSF leak | 0 | 2 (1) |
| Spinal instability | 0 | 1 |
| Epidural hematoma | 0 | 1 |
| Retethering | 2 (1) | 0 |
| Symptoms and signs | ||
| Resolved | 27 (36) * | 44 (18) * |
| Improved | 42 (57) | 159 (65) |
| Unchanged | 5 (7) | 39 (16) |
| Worse | 0 | 2 (1) |
| Terminal thoracic syrinx (below T4) | ||
| Total no. cases | 23 | 54 |
| Resolved | 15 (65) * | 15 (28) * |
| Smaller | 5 (22) | 20 (37) |
| Unchanged | 3 (13) | 19 (35) |
| Cervicothoracic syringomyelia | ||
| Total no. of cases | 10 | 33 |
| Resolved | 0 | 0 |
| Smaller | 6 (60) † | 9 (27) † |
| Unchanged | 4 (40) † | 24 (73) † |
| Holocord syringomyelia | ||
| Total no. of cases | 8 | 10 |
| Resolved | 0 | 0 |
| Smaller | 3 (38) | 3 (30) |
| Unchanged | 5 (63) | 7 (70) |
| Thoracolumbar scoliosis | ||
| Total no. of cases | 24 | 47 |
| Resolved | 5 (21) | 0 |
| Improved | 11 (46) * | 11 (23) * |
| Unchanged | 8 (33) * | 36 (77) * |
| Neurogenic bladder | ||
| Total no. of cases | 56 | 131 |
| Resolved | 37 (66) * | 22 (17) * |
| Improved | 15 (27) * | 88 (67) * |
| Unchanged | 4 (7) | 21 (16) |
| Mean follow-up (months) | 14.8 ± 4.38 | 16.5 ± 5.04 |
Numbers in parentheses denote percentages. Mean values expressed as ± SDs.
*
Significant differences between children and adults (P < .001).
†
Significant differences between children and adults (P < .01).