Intradural mesh: An unusual cause of spinal cord tethering. Case report

John Sherman Cole IV, Thomas Pittman

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Abstract

A 13-year-old boy with a myelomeningocele experienced progressive foot deformity and lower-extremity pain while walking. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a low-lying spinal cord with scarring near the site of a previous repair. During surgery, the terminal nerve roots were found to have scarred and adhered to a piece of metal mesh lying in the intradural space. The mesh had originally been placed to bridge a sacral ossification defect that was present at the initial closure of the child's myelomeningocele.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)311-313
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Neurosurgery
Volume102 PEDIATRICS
Issue numberSUPPL. 3
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2005

Keywords

  • Myelomeningocele
  • Pediatric neurosurgery
  • Spina bifida
  • Tethered cord syndrome
  • Tethered spinal cord

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Clinical Neurology

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