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9156018

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-5
pubmed:abstractText
Thirty-three consecutive patients treated surgically for "tethered cord syndrome" over a 3-three year period were reviewed. The main presenting complaints were back and leg pain, progressive lower limb and spinal deformity, and neurological deficits. Untethering of the cord was achieved in 32 patients, in whom the filum terminale was divided in 17. There were no serious complications; one patient had a CSF leak which required surgical repair. The mean postoperative follow-up was 15 months and 20 of the patients reported improvement, the rest were unchanged. There was no neurological deterioration in any of the patients. Our series suggests that cord release in patients with "tethered cord syndrome" improves or arrests the progression of neurological deterioration.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0268-8697
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
49-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
"Tethered cord syndrome"--recent clinical experience.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article