Tethered spinal cord syndrome with lumbar segmental stenosis treated with XLIF

Background: Tethered cord syndrome (TCS) is a congenital malformation consisting in fixation of spinal cord and nerves to the base of spinal canal associated to various spinal dysraphisms as spina bifida, musculoskeletal deformities and typical cutaneus signs. Usually it is observed in infancy but a...

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Main Authors: Ettore Carpineta, MD, Raffaelino Roperto, MD, Guglielmo Cacciotti, MD, Luciano Mastronardi, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221475191730066X