title: Tethered cord syndrome: overview of diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: This article covers the basis of tethered cord syndrome as a stretch-induced spinal cord disorder, including pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, imaging diagnosis, indication for surgical treatment, and surgical procedures. Anomalies that cause mechanical spinal cord tethering are listed, and the surgical untethering technique for each anomaly is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA. yamada1000@worldnet.att.net
authors.forename: Shokei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Won
authors.forename: Javed
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Siddiqi
authors.forename: Shoko M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D009192:Myelography / Q000379:methods; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery