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Elderly‐onset degenerative “lumbar spondylotic myelopathy” in a patient with a low‐placed spinal cord successfully treated by laminotomy: a case report
Author(s) -
Hashimoto Ko,
Tsubakino Takumi,
Hoshikawa Takeshi,
Nakagawa Tomowaki,
Inawashiro Takashi,
Kokubun Shoichi,
Itoi Eiji,
Tanaka Yasuhisa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.424
Subject(s) - laminotomy , medicine , spinal cord , lumbar , surgery , decompression , myelopathy , spinal cord compression , laminectomy , psychiatry
Key Clinical Message The authors report a rare case of elderly‐onset “lumbar spondylotic myelopathy” occurred on a low‐placed spinal cord compressed at multiple levels with thickened ligamenta flava. A posterior decompression surgery could alleviate neurological symptoms successfully instead of untethering of the spinal cord, a widely accepted surgery for tethered cord.

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