Open AccessIs It Possible to Correct Congenital Spinal Deformity Associated With a Tethered Cord Without Prophylactic Intradural Detethering?
Author(s) -
Tao Huang,
Kai Yang,
Tao Li,
Wenjun Yang,
Chaoshuai Feng,
Huan Li,
Wei Su,
Chunguang Duan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000652
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , conus medullaris , deformity , spinal cord , scoliosis , filum terminale , magnetic resonance imaging , cobb angle , orthopedic surgery , osteotomy , spinal fusion , radiology , psychiatry
Patients who have a congenital spinal deformity with a tethered cord generally are treated with prophylactic intradural detethering before deformity correction. However, the detethering procedure carries substantial risk, and it is not clear whether deformity correction can be performed without detethering.