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Table 2 Characteristics of patients studied

From: Congenital myelomeningocele - do we have to change our management?

Study Group

Reference

Publication Year

Study Site

Study Period

N patients

Level of lesion (%)

      

thoracic

lumbar

sacral

other

(1)

Leipzig group

  

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

  1. Summarized characteristics of included studies sorted by study group.