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9224916

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-22
pubmed:abstractText
We retrospectively evaluated the pre- and postoperative course of 34 tethered cord patients with occult spinal dysraphism in an attempt to infer the natural history of this disorder and to determine the effectiveness of the surgical treatment. There were 32 cases with lumbosacral lipoma and 2 with tight filum terminale. The age at surgery ranged from 1 month to 47 years old. Eight patients, aged 1 month to 4 years old, were asymptomatic; 26 had neurogenic bladder (26 cases) or motor problems affecting the legs (8 cases). None of the patients older than 5 years of age were asymptomatic. Untethering of the spinal cord was performed in all cases. The postoperative follow-up period ranged from 5 months to 11 years. During these periods, 7 (88%) of the 8 asymptomatic patients remained neurologically intact, 6 (23%) of the 26 symptomatic patients showed improved symptoms, and 15 patients (58%) remained unchanged. These results indicate that the neurological symptoms will appear progressively in the tethered cord patients, and that prophylactic surgery should be considered as early as possible.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0256-7040
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
268-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Surgical treatment supposed natural history of the tethered cord with occult spinal dysraphism.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't