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The quality of the included studies was assessed independently by two authors using the Methodological Index for Non-Randomized Studies (MINORS) criteria. Data on the number of CS patients, number of CS patients with intraspinal abnormalities, sex of the patients, and CS types were extracted from the included studies. R software was used to pool and analyze all the extracted data.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>This meta-analysis included 10 articles, and 671 of 1863 CS patients undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations were identified to have intraspinal abnormalities. The overall incidence of intraspinal abnormalities in the patients with CS was 37% (95% CI, 29\u201345%). Diastematomyelia was the most common intraspinal abnormality and was detected in 45.60% of the patients with intraspinal abnormalities (306\/671). The remaining intraspinal abnormalities included syringomyelia (273\/671, 40.69%), tethered cord (190\/671, 28.32%), low conus (58\/671, 8.64%), intraspinal mass (39\/671, 5.81%), Chiari malformation (32\/671, 4.77%), fatty filum (27\/671, 4.02%), spina bifida (occulta excluded) (17\/671, 2.53%), tumor (17\/671, 2.53%), cyst (12\/671, 1.79%), syringomyelus (4\/671, 0.60%), dural ectasia (1\/671, 0.15%), and undiagnosed cord MRI hyperintensity (1\/671, 0.15%). The patient\u2019s sex and CS type were not factors that affected the incidence of intraspinal abnormalities in CS patients (all<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&gt; 0.05).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>This meta-analysis revealed that the overall incidence of intraspinal abnormalities detected by MRI in CS patients was 37%. Diastematomyelia was the most common intraspinal abnormality. 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