Archives of Pediatric Neurosurgery (Jun 2021)

Spinal cord untethering after fetal myelomeningocele repair

  • Leopoldo Mandic Furtado,
  • José Aloysio da Costa Val Vilho,
  • José Antônio Lima Vieira,
  • Aieska Kellen Dantas dos Santos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.46900/apn.v3i3(September-December).86
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 3(September-December)
pp. e862021 – e862021

Abstract

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The incidence of tethered cord syndrome after myelomenigocele (MMC) repair is higher in patients undergoing in utero than postnatally. However, a paucity of studies have described the details of untethering in children which MMC was corrected during fetal life. In this technical note, we describe the spinal cord untethering of a girl after MMC in utero repair, highlighting the main steps regarding the anatomic recognition as well as neurophysiological monitoring finding role.

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