2- to 20-year myelomeningocele follow-up outcomes from a referral center in Southern Iran: the Shiraz experience

Table 3 The relationship between patient demographics, pre- and post-operational characteristics and ambulation dependence in children who underwent surgical treatment of myelomeningocele

MMC patients	Alive (n = 113)	Expired (n = 26)	Total (%)	p value
Length of stay, days (SD)	9.91 (6.88)	20.5 (21.915)	–	0.000^a
Education^c				0.021^b
Not attended school	25	0	26 (58%)
Have attempted but failed	5	2	7 (16%)
Have attended school	12	0	12 (27%)
Urinary				0.067^b
Continent	29	0	29 (23%)
Incontinent	84	12	96 (77%)
Bowel				0.037^b
Continent	35	0	35 (28%)
Incontinent	78	12	90 (72%)

A bold p-value indicates that the variable is significantly associated with the outcome
MMC myelomeningocele, GMFCS Gross Motor Function Classification System, MMT manual muscle testing, SD standard deviation
^aStudent’s t-test,
^bFisher’s exact test,
^cStatistical analysis for school attendance only includes the patients six years of age or older

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