Preoperative Predictors for Improvement after Surgical Untethering in Occult Tight Filum Terminale Syndrome
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Preoperative predictors for improvement after surgical untethering in occult tight filum terminale syndrome.
BACKGROUND/AIMS An occult tight filum terminale syndrome has been described wherein clinical symptoms result from tension on the spinal cord despite nondiagnostic spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Recent reports have suggested a role for surgical untethering in this patient population; however, controversy remains regarding the surgical treatment of this condition. Owing to the various c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurosurgery
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1423-0305,1016-2291
DOI: 10.1159/000228983