title: Elderly-onset degenerative "lumbar spondylotic myelopathy" in a patient with a low-placed spinal cord successfully treated by laminotomy: a case report.
abstract: The authors report a rare case of elderly-onset "lumbar spondylotic myelopathy" occurred on a low-placed spinal cord compressed at multiple levels with thickened ligamenta flava. A posterior decompression surgery could alleviate neurological symptoms successfully instead of untethering of the spinal cord, a widely accepted surgery for tethered cord.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopeedic Surgery Tohoku Central Hospital Yamagata Japan; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Graduate School of Medicine Tohoku University Sendai Miyagi Japan.
authors.forename: Ko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopeedic Surgery Tohoku Central Hospital Yamagata Japan.
authors.forename: Takumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsubakino
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopeedic Surgery Tohoku Central Hospital Yamagata Japan.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoshikawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopeedic Surgery Tohoku Central Hospital Yamagata Japan.
authors.forename: Tomowaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopeedic Surgery Tohoku Central Hospital Yamagata Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inawashiro
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Spine and Spinal Cord Disorders National Hospital Organization Sendai-Nishitaga Hospital Sendai Miyagi Japan.
authors.forename: Shoichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kokubun
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Graduate School of Medicine Tohoku University Sendai Miyagi Japan.
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Itoi
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopeedic Surgery Tohoku Central Hospital Yamagata Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
keywords: Adulthood onset; decompression; laminotomy; nerve compression; spondylosis; tethered cord syndrome