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Table 3 The length of the cyst and the location of the fistula orifice reported in the literature (lengths larger than two segments)

From: How to locate the fistula orifice of spinal extradural arachnoid cyst: Surgical experience and clinical outcome

Author

(Published Year)

Age (years)

Gender

Length

Fistula orifice Location

Neurological Status

Surgery

Outcome

Neo, M. et al. [22] (2004)

29

Female

T11-L3

L1

Right lower leg weakness

Complete recovery

Miyamoto, M. et al. [32] (2006)

50

Male

T11-L1

T12

Paraparesis and numbness

Sensory disturbance improved

Tureyen, K. et al. [6] (2009)

25

Male

T11-L2

T12

Progressive back pain radiating to both legs

No sensory and motor deficit

Chio, S. W. et al. [29] (2013)

59

Male

T12-L3

L1

Leg radiating pain and paresthesia

Symptoms gradually subsided

Chio, S. W. et al. [29] (2013)

51

Female

T11-L2

T11-T12

Left buttock pain and paresthesia

Symptoms relieved gradually

Woo, J. B. et al. [11] (2016)

72

Female

T12-L4

L1

Low back pain and leg radiating pain

Symptoms gradually subsided

Woo, J. B. et al. [11] (2016)

33

Female

T12-L2

L1

low back pain and right leg radiating pain

Complete recovery

Lim, M. S. et al. [28] (2016)

43

Male

T10-L1

T11

Persistent back pain/

Lower limb parasthesia

Recurrence after 6 months

LEE, Y. W. et al. [33] (2018)

51

Male

T7-T9

T8

Bilateral lower limbs hypermyotonia

Recurrence after 2 weeks

Ying, G. Y. et al. [10] (2019)

26

Male

T10-L3

T12

Right lower

limb weakness

Improved

Kojimahara, Y. et al. [34] (2019)

49

Female

T11-L1

T12

Hip and buttock pain

Complete recovery

Oyemolade, T. A. et al. [35] (2019)

12

Female

T4-T8

T7

Lower limb weakness associated spasms and paraesthesia

Recovery

Özdemir, M. et al. [36] (2019)

22

Male

C7-T3

T2

Progressive neck pain

Finger muscle strength had returned to normal

Lee, S. et al. [7] (2020)

25

Male

T11-L3

T12

Impotence

Symptoms improved

Santipas, B. et al. [37] (2020)

10

Male

T1-L4

T4

Lower limbs weakness and numbnes

Complete recovery

Chaturvedi, J. et al. [38] (2020)

37

Male

T11-L2

T12-L1

Lower extremity paraparesis

Completely asymptomatic.

Zhang, P. et al. [39] (2022)

11

Female

T10-L3

T12

Lower limbs weakness

Complete recovery

Savage, A. J. et al. [40] (2022)

40

Female

T6-8

T7

Back and leg pain

Significant improvements

Ouyang, T. et al. [41] (2022)

52

Male

T11-L2

L1

Left lower extremity weakness

Muscle strength returned to normal

Ouyang, T. et al. [41] (2022)

17

Female

T11-L2

T12

Lower back pain

Muscle strength returned to normal

Ouyang, T. et al. [41] (2022)

41

Male

T11-L2

T12-L1

Lower extremities numbness and sexual dysfunction

Symptoms improved

Ouyang, T. et al. [41] (2022)

34

Male

T11-L2

T12

Lower left limb pain and numbness

Recovery

  1. (Most of the literature only describe the general segment without clearly describing the location of the fistula orifice and specific length of the cyst)