Table 2 Surgical outcome in spinal cord tethering and syringomyelia.

From: Spinal cord tethering and syringomyelia after trauma: impact of age and surgical outcome

 

Improved

Stable

Worsened

Sensory and/or motor loss (n, %)

27, 65.9%*

11, 26.8%*

3, 7.3%

Spasticity and neuropathic pain

20, 50.0%*

18, 45.0%*

2, 5.0%

Postsurgical imaging

60, 89.5%*

6, 9.0%

1, 1.5%

  1. Statistical significance (p < 0.001) is marked by an asterisk.