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Suggest Remedy For Tethered Spinal Cord

How bad is this and I know it s not good. My 23 year old daughter has had to have surgery 2 times for tethered spinal cord and we just got MRI results and it s retethered again. Ugh she has complete effacement of the dorsal subarachnoid space from t 5 through t8
Wed, 28 Jan 2015
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Tethered cord can recur after surgery in young adults. In many patients the cord remains tethered even after doctors have tried to release the cord by one or more surgical sessions. It is important that the surgical procedures include careful intradural dissection and meticulous wound and dural closure. There are cases where multiple revision procedures, vertebral column shortening has become an appropriate alternative to surgical detethering. Post op surgical complications are common if the patient does not follow instructions to prevent any CSF leakage. In some of the patients CSF diversion is also required.
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Suggest Remedy For Tethered Spinal Cord

Hi, Thanks for writing in. Tethered cord can recur after surgery in young adults. In many patients the cord remains tethered even after doctors have tried to release the cord by one or more surgical sessions. It is important that the surgical procedures include careful intradural dissection and meticulous wound and dural closure. There are cases where multiple revision procedures, vertebral column shortening has become an appropriate alternative to surgical detethering. Post op surgical complications are common if the patient does not follow instructions to prevent any CSF leakage. In some of the patients CSF diversion is also required.