Symptomatic protocols for adult tethered cord syndrome

Shokei Yamada; Javed Siddiqi; Daniel J. Won; Daniel K. Kido; Anthony Hadden; John Spitalieri; Bruce A. Everett; Chinyere G. Obasi; Todd M. Goldenberg; Lynton G.F. Giles; Shoko M. Yamada

doi:10.1179/016164104225017965

Symptomatic protocols for adult tethered cord syndrome

Shokei Yamada, Javed Siddiqi, Daniel J. Won, Daniel K. Kido, Anthony Hadden, John Spitalieri, Bruce A. Everett, Chinyere G. Obasi, Todd M. Goldenberg, Lynton G.F. Giles, Shoko M. Yamada

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Abstract

Diagnosis of tethered cord syndrome (TCS) is complicated because anatomical information is not adequate for this task. For example, recent studies have shown that the combination of an elongated cord and a thick filum terminale, demonstrated by MRI or at operation, is no longer an essential feature for the diagnosis of TCS. For TCS diagnosis, emphasis should rather be on its characteristic symptomatology and accentuated by postural changes, since TCS is a functional disorder of the lumbosacral spinal cord. In this report, the authors present the list of signs and symptoms pertinent to TCS in adult and late teenage patients to serve as a diagnostic means.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	741-744
Number of pages	4
Journal	Neurological Research
Volume	26
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1179/016164104225017965
State	Published - Oct 2004

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Neurology
Clinical Neurology

Keywords

Adult tethered cord syndrome
Group-2 diagnosis
Groups 1 and 2
Protocol
Surgical results
Symptomatology

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