title: Tethered cervical spinal cord. Case report.
abstract: A case of congenital tethered cervical spinal cord is presented in a young adult. Metrizamide computerized tomography was the most useful imaging technique for identifying the tethered spinal cord. Intraoperative somatosensory evoked potentials correlated well with clinical improvement following surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Evanston Hospital, Illinois.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Eller
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: McLone
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery