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Surgical Outcomes of Pediatric Patients with Asymptomatic Tethered Cord Syndrome
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| Title: | Surgical Outcomes of Pediatric Patients with Asymptomatic Tethered Cord Syndrome |
| Authors: | Seki, Toshitaka Browse this author | | Hida, Kazutoshi Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Yano, Shunsuke Browse this author | | Houkin, Kiyohiro Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | Child | | Lipoma | | Spinal dysraphism | | Prophylactic surgery | | Outcome |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2018 |
| Publisher: | Korean Society of Spine Surgery |
| Journal Title: | Asian spine journal |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page: | 551 |
| End Page: | 555 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.4184/asj.2018.12.3.551 |
| Abstract: | Study Design: A retrospective cohort study. Purpose: To examine the validity of prophylactic surgery for children with tethered cord syndrome (TCS). Overview of Literature: Prophylactic surgery for pediatric patients with TCS remains controversial. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the surgical outcomes of 14 children (nine boys and five girls) with asymptomatic TCS who were surgically treated at Hokkaido University Hospital between 1989 and 2015. Results: The median age at the time of initial surgery for asymptomatic TCS was 28.6 months (range, 0-66 months). The median final follow-up period was 142 months (range, 7-232 months). Of the 14 children with asymptomatic TCS, 12 had lumbosacral lipoma and two had meningocele. According to the classification of spinal lipoma, two children had dorsal type, four had caudal type, two had transitional type, and four had filar type. There were no children with lipomyelomeningocele. All children were free of neurological symptoms until 94 months after the initial surgery. Subsequently, one child exhibited delayed neurological deficits and underwent a second surgery because of motor and sensory disturbances; slight sensory disturbance was noted at the final follow-up examination. Another child later showed bowel and bladder dysfunction. However, a second surgery was not performed for this child because his motor and sensory functions were normal; hence, we chose to avoid nerve injury in the case of dissecting adhesion. Conclusions: All 14 children with asymptomatic TCS were free of neurological symptoms until 94 months after the initial surgery. However, two children exhibited delayed neurological deficits at 94 months and 177 months. We believe that prophylactic surgery for asymptomatic TCS is effective for a certain period. However, because the natural history of TCS is poorly understood, strict follow-up after surgery is necessary. |
| Rights: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/71259 |
| Appears in Collections: | 北海道大学病院 (Hokkaido University Hospital) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 関 俊隆
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