Release of tethered spinal cord by sectioning of the filum terminale carries a significant risk of injury to the neighboring motor and sensory nerve roots. Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring techniques can help to minimize these adverse neurologic outcomes.
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California-San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Moffitt Hospital Room M779, Box 112, San Francisco, CA 94143-0112, USA.