Cordectomy for post-traumatic syringomyelia.
We performed cordectomy, a surgical technique that is infrequently used at present, for a patient with post-traumatic syringomyelia (following complete paraplegia of both lower limbs due to dislocation fracture of the 9th thoracic vertebra), yielding a favourable result. We recommend cordectomy as a surgical technique to which spinal surgeons should give utmost consideration for patients with post-traumatic syringomyelia demonstrating progressive symptoms assumed to be attributable to the syrinx and with an anatomically transected spinal cord of the mid-to-lower thoracic vertebral level.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi Tsu-city Mie, Japan. ykasai@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
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Kasai
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Kawakita
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Morishita
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Uchida
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery