Table 1 Clinical characteristic of subjects
Variables | Data |
|---|---|
Gender | |
 Male | 5 |
 Female | 12 |
Age | 14.8 (9–17) |
Cobb angle | 58.4 ± 12.6 |
Etiologic classification | |
 Congenital scoliosis | 14 |
 Idiopathic scoliosis | 2 |
 Neuromuscular scoliosis | 1 |
Symptoms | |
 Pain | 0 (slight paroxysmal low back pain) |
 Mimor weakness | 5 (after strenuous excise) |
 Sensory dysfunction | 0 |
 Bladder dysfunction | 2 (irregular urination) |
 Scoliosis progression | 9 |
 Leg lenth discrepancy | 0 |
 Perianal skin abnormaltities | 0 |
Reasons of tethered cord | |
 lipoma | 2 |
 Spinal meningocele | 1 |
 Low-lying conus medullaris | 8 |
 Thickened filum terminale | 4 |
 Diastematomyelia | 2 (type II) |
Additional deformity | |
 Spina bifida occulta | 3 |
 Vertebral deformiy | 3 |
 Syringomyelia | 2 |
 Ribs deformity | 1 |