Electrodiagnostic findings of retethering in children with spinal dysraphism

• Published in: Acta neurochirurgica Vol. 165; no. 4; pp. 915 - 925
• Main Authors: Shin, Hyun Iee, Wang, Kyu-Chang, Lee, Ji Yeoun, Kim, Kyung Hyun, Shin, Hyung-Ik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.04.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Child; Congenital defects; Electromyography; Humans; Interventional Radiology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Muscles; Nerve conduction; Neural tube defects; Neural Tube Defects - diagnosis; Neural Tube Defects - surgery; Neurological diseases; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Neurosurgery; Neurosurgical Procedures - methods; Original Article - Pediatric Neurosurgery; Patients; Pediatric Neurosurgery; Pediatrics; Retrospective Studies; Spinal cord; Spinal Cord - surgery; Spinal Dysraphism - diagnosis; Spinal Dysraphism - surgery; Surgical Orthopedics; Nerve conduction study; Untethering; Electromyography; Retethering; Spinal Dysraphism

Purpose Retethering of the cord can occur after the initial untethering surgery. Typical neurological manifestations indicative of cord tethering are often difficult to determine in pediatric patients. Patients who had a primary untethering operation are likely to present with some degree of neurolo...