From: Congenital myelomeningocele - do we have to change our management?
Study Group | Reference | Publication Year | Study Site | Study Period | N patients | Level of lesion (%) | |||
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 |  |  |  |  |  | thoracic | lumbar | sacral | other |
(1) Leipzig group | Â | Â | Leipzig, Germany | 1979-2009 | 43 | 11.6 | 79.1 | 9.3 | - |
(2) IUMR group | Bruner [22] | 1999 | Vanderbilt, USA | 1990-1997 | 29 | median L4 (S-T12) | |||
 | Tulipan [21] | 2003 | CHOP, Vanderbilt, USA | 1983-2000 | 177 | 4.8 | 80.8 | 14.4 | - |
 | Johnson [24] | 2003 | CHOP, USA | 1998-2002 | 48 | 5 | 84 | 11 | - |
 | Bruner [25] | 2004 | Vanderbilt, USA | 1997-2003 | 116 | 4.3 | 81.9 | 13.8 | - |
 | Brunner [23] | 2005 | Vanderbilt, USA | 1997-2003 | 116 | 4.3 | 81.9 | 13.8 | - |
 | Koh [27] | 2006 | Boston, USA | 1979-2003 | 5 | lumbosacral | |||
 | Danzer [26] | 2008 | CHOP, USA | 1998-2003 | 54 | 7.4 | 85.2 | 7.4 | - |
 | Danzer [18] | 2009 | CHOP, USA | 1998-2003 | 54 | 7.4 | 81.5 | 11.1 |  |
 | Danzer [29] | 2010 | CHOP, USA | 1998-2003 | 30 | median L4 (T12-S1) | |||
(3) Historical controls | Bruner [22] | 1999 | Vanderbilt, USA | 1990-1997 | 23 | median L4 (S-T12) | |||
 | Bowman [5] | 2001 | Chicago, USA | 1975-1979 | 71 | 35.2 | 42.2 | 21.2 | 1.4 |
 | Tulipan [21] | 2003 | CHOP, Vanderbilt, USA | 1983-2000 | 189 | 18.5 | 60.3 | 21.2 | - |
 | Koh [27] | 2006 | Boston, USA | 1979-2003 | 88 | - | |||
 | Aguilera [15] | 2009 | Bristol, UK | 1999-2007 | 74 | 10.8 | 41.9 | 44.6 | 2.7 |