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Table 1 Demographic data of 9 patients with syringomyelia

From: The utility of superficial abdominal reflex in the initial diagnosis of scoliosis: a retrospective review of clinical characteristics of scoliosis with syringomyelia

Case

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Age (years)

28

8

12

9

14

16

6

11

12

Gender

M

M

F

F

F

M

F

M

F

Abnormality

Chiari

Syrinx

Chiari

Syrinx

Chiari

Chiari

Chiari

Chiari

Chiari

Cobb angle

(°)

90

60

105

85

71

56

(38)

(23)

(30)

Flexibility (%)

52

78

55

50

56

58

None

None

None

SAR

Bil hypo

R abs

L abs

Bil hypo

L abs

L hypo

L abs

L hypo

Normal

Convex side

rt T

rt T

rt T

rt T

lt T

rt T+

lt L

lt T-L

lt L

rt T

Corrective surgery

ASF

ASF

ASF + PSF

ASF + PSF

PSF

PSF

None

None

None

Neurosurgery

None

SS

FMD

SS

FMD

FMD+ SS

FMD

FMD

None

  1. ASF, anterior spinal fusion; Chiari, Arnold-Chiari malformation with syrinx; FMD, foramen magnum decompression; lt, left; L, lumbar; PSF, posterior spinal fusion; rt, right; SAR, superficial abdominal reflex; SS, syringo-subarachnoid shunt; T, thoracic; T-L, thoracolumbar