The tethered spinal cord: its protean manifestations, diagnosis and surgical correction.
31 children with spina bifida occulta who have presented with back pain, scoliosis, a progressive neurological deficit involving lower limbs or a neurogenic bladder have been found to have a tethered spinal cord. Release of the tethered spinal cord has always relieved pain, frequently occrected a progressive scoliosis, and arrested or improved neurogenic foot deformities as well as neurogenic bladder.
D000293:Adolescent; D002420:Cauda Equina; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000209:etiology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology