Spinal cord stimulation for recurrent tethered cord syndrome in a pediatric patient: case report. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The authors present a patient with a lipomyelomeningocele and worsening back pain due to recurrent tethered cord syndrome. Because of the increased risk and unlikely improvement in symptoms with repeated surgical untethering, she was offered an alternative treatment with a trial of dorsal spinal cord stimulation. She had an excellent response to the percutaneous trial, and a permanent implant was placed, with good initial results. The authors review her case as well as the treatment options, indications, and outcomes for recurrent tethered cord syndrome.

publication date

  • March 4, 2016

Research

keywords

  • Neural Tube Defects
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84978977403

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.3171/2015.12.PEDS14645

PubMed ID

  • 26942269

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 18

issue

  • 1