Tethered cord syndrome in children: a single-center experience with 162 patients
| العنوان: | Tethered cord syndrome in children: a single-center experience with 162 patients |
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| المؤلفون: | Mehmet Alptekin, Murat Geyik, Ibrahim Erkutlu, Sırma Geyik, Serhat Pusat, Cahit Kural, Cem Erbas |
| المصدر: | Child's Nervous System. 31:1559-1563 |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2015. |
| سنة النشر: | 2015 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Hypertrichosis, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Single Center, Neurosurgical Procedures, medicine, Back pain, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Neural Tube Defects, Child, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, fungi, Infant, Retrospective cohort study, General Medicine, Lipoma, medicine.disease, Spinal cord, Surgery, Treatment Outcome, medicine.anatomical_structure, Child, Preschool, Radiological weapon, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Female, Neurology (clinical), Neurosurgery, medicine.symptom, business |
| الوصف: | Tethered cord syndrome (TCS) is not an uncommon clinical problem in children. The aim of this retrospective study is to document our experience on the surgical treatment of TCS in childhood. The data of 162 children who underwent surgical treatment for TCS in a 15-year period were reviewed retrospectively. Their demographic, clinical, radiological, and surgical features were documented. They were divided into two groups as primary and secondary TCS, and the surgical technique for each group was demonstrated. Untethering the spinal cord and correction of the associated malformation were the standard surgical technique for each patient. The results of the treatment were summarized. Among the 162 children, 101 (62.3 %) of them were female and 61 were male with a mean age of 62 months. Primary TCS was detected in 43 patients while secondary TCS was found in 119 (73.4 %) patients. Hypertrichosis was the most common physical finding while back pain was the common complaint. Lipoma, split cord malformation, dermal sinus tract, and myelomeningocele were the associated malformations for secondary TCS. Children should be individualized for the treatment of TCS. Each patient must be evaluated neurologically and radiologically for the accurate diagnosis. Surgical untethering is the safe and effective method of treatment for children with TCS. |
| تدمد: | 1433-0350 0256-7040 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::fd18b94fac3e7edd5d5083c834ea1926 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-2748-9 |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....fd18b94fac3e7edd5d5083c834ea1926 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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