Congenital tethered spinal cord syndrome in adults
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Spontaneous thoracic spinal cord herniation presenting as tethered cord syndrome.
The spinal cord may be injured directly by the weapon or by indriven bony fragments. The damage to the cord may be either direct or indirect due to impaired arterial supply or venous drainage with resulting hemorrhage or edema.[1,5] The indriven fragment of the weapon may cause a foreign body granulomatous reaction[3] or may act as a micro-traumatizing agent[6] and cause delayed neurological da...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurosurgical Focus
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1092-0684
DOI: 10.3171/foc.2001.10.1.8