Delayed cervical spinal cord tethering following tonsillar resection for Chiari malformation.

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8800054 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1360-046X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 02688697 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Br J Neurosurg Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2015-: Abingdon, Oxfordshire : Taylor & Francis
Original Publication: Abingdon, Oxfordshire : Carfax Pub. Co., c1987-

Arnold-Chiari Malformation/*surgery ; Decompression, Surgical/*adverse effects ; Headache/*etiology ; Laminectomy/*adverse effects; Cervical Vertebrae ; Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory/physiology ; Female ; Gait Ataxia/etiology ; Humans ; Laminectomy/methods ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Middle Aged ; Neural Tube Defects/diagnosis ; Neural Tube Defects/etiology ; Neural Tube Defects/surgery ; Reoperation ; Tonsillectomy/adverse effects

Although tethering of the spinal cord in the lumbosacral region, particularly following repair of congenital anomalies, such as myelomeningocele, is a well-known phenomenon, only sporadic reports of tethering along the rest of the neuraxis, including the hindbrain, cervical and thoracic spinal cord have been documented. In this report, we describe a woman who developed symptoms related to tethering of the cervical spinal cord 5 years after suboccipital decompressive surgery of the posterior fossa for Chiari I malformation. The authors discuss the diagnosis, treatment, and postoperative course of this entity.

Date Created: 20080923 Date Completed: 20081124 Latest Revision: 20080922

20221213

10.1080/02688690701779533

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