Aims As awareness and frequency of tethered spinal cord (TSC) related to occult spinal
dysraphism (OSD) has increased with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), variability exists …

Introduction Tethered cord syndrome (TCS) is an amalgamation of neurological, urological,
orthopedic, and dermatologic signs and symptoms with radiographic evidence of a …

OBJECT Syrinx size and location within the spinal cord may differ based on etiology or
associated conditions of the brain and spine. These differences have not been clearly …

Abstract Purpose Symptomatic Chiari type I malformation (CM) is treated with posterior fossa
decompression with/without duroplasty. Few authors suggested cerebellar tonsil caudal …

Purpose To compare the clinical and radiological outcomes in patients with congenital
scoliosis (CS) and tethered cord syndrome (TCS) undergoing deformity correction with (NI …

The conus medullaris is the distal tapering end of the spinal cord, and the filum terminale
(FT) is regarded as a bundle of nonfunctional fibrous tissue; therefore, some scholars call it …

Introduction Many patients with lumbosacral lipoma are asymptomatic; however, a
significant proportion will have neurological deficits present at birth. Implication of these …

OBJECTIVE The nature of the relationship between spinal cord syrinx and tethered cord is
not well known. It is unclear if surgical cord untethering results in resolution or improvement …

Background The management of concomitant scoliosis and tethered cord syndrome in the
non-spina bifida pediatric population is challenging. In the present study, we evaluate the …

Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of posterior-only surgical correction with heavy
halo-femoral traction for the treatment of severe and rigid congenital scoliosis (SRCS) …