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 language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 311-313 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Neurosurgery |
| Volume | 102 PEDIATRICS |
| Issue number | SUPPL. 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 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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