Surgical management of tethered cord syndrome in adults: indications, techniques, and long-term outcomes in 60 patients

Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine
Gabriel Y F LeeM Fehlings

Abstract

The adult presentation of tethered cord syndrome (TCS) is well recognized but continues to pose significant diagnostic and management challenges. The authors performed a retrospective study of clinical outcomes after neurosurgical intervention in 60 adults with TCS. All patients who underwent detethering surgery for caudal cord tethering at Toronto Western Hospital between August 1993 and 2004 were identified. Their clinical charts, operative records, and follow-up data were reviewed. Detethering procedures were performed in 62 patients (age range 17-72 years) for TCS of various origins. Long-term (mean 41.5 months) follow-up data were obtained in 60 patients. The tethering lesions were tight terminal filum in 29 patients, postrepair myelomeningocele in 15, lipomyelomeningocele/lipoma in nine, split cord malformation in four, and arachnoidal adhesions in three. Fifty-nine patients presented with progressive pain and/or neurological dysfunction. One patient underwent prophylactic sectioning of the terminal filum. Most patients (71%) had bladder dysfunction at presentation. Microsurgical release of the tethered cord was performed in each case while using multimodality intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring. The most common ...Continue Reading

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