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Tethered cord syndrome and occult spinal dysraphism
1Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA. dwarder@utmb.edu
Neurosurgical Focus
|June 6, 2006
Abstract:
Tethered cord syndrome is a progressive form of neurological deterioration that results from spinal cord tethering by various dysraphic spinal abnormalities. The syndrome, treatments, outcomes, and current controversies are reviewed.
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