Frequency of SCF Leakage in Post-operative Patients of Tethered Spinal Cord in A Tertiary Care Hospital

Objective: The study aimed to report the incidence of CSF leakage in patients with a tethered spinal cord, post-operatively. Materials and Methods: A total 75 individuals aged more than 2 years either gender who were hospitalized for surgery cord syndrome included. All had preoperative MRI spine, those above age 6 urodynamic tests. Clinical evaluations performed until hospital release, then again at 3, 6, 12 months. Urodynamic tests spine MRIs redone one year following surgery. Under general anesthesia, all microscopic untethering procedures release tethering materials heal thecal sac. Results: 52% fall under TCS type ‘simple’, whereas, 48% found complex TCS. frequency post-operative was 17.33%. No leak reported majority (49%) group 2-30 years. simple no leak, only 13(18%) leaks. 40% diagnosed There existed significant relationship between types (simple/complex) distribution. Conclusion: This concluded that 17.33% patients. Keywords: Tethered Spinal Cord (TCS), Leakage, Lipomyelomeningocele.