Tethered Cord Syndrome

Tethered spinal cord syndrome refers to signs and symptoms of motor and sensory dysfunction related to increased tension on the spinal cord due to its abnormal attachment; it has classically been associated with a low-lying conus medullaris. Treatment is primarily surgical and has varying degrees of...

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Autores principales: Catmull, Shawn, Ashurst, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019
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Images in Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6682221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31404355
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.4.42536
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description Tethered spinal cord syndrome refers to signs and symptoms of motor and sensory dysfunction related to increased tension on the spinal cord due to its abnormal attachment; it has classically been associated with a low-lying conus medullaris. Treatment is primarily surgical and has varying degrees of results. Although rarely diagnosed in the emergency department, the emergency physician must be aware of the disease in patients presenting with signs and symptoms concerning for cauda equina syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-66822212019-08-09 Tethered Cord Syndrome Catmull, Shawn Ashurst, John Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Images in Emergency Medicine Tethered spinal cord syndrome refers to signs and symptoms of motor and sensory dysfunction related to increased tension on the spinal cord due to its abnormal attachment; it has classically been associated with a low-lying conus medullaris. Treatment is primarily surgical and has varying degrees of results. Although rarely diagnosed in the emergency department, the emergency physician must be aware of the disease in patients presenting with signs and symptoms concerning for cauda equina syndrome. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6682221/ /pubmed/31404355 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.4.42536 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Catmull et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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