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ArticleJournal of craniovertebral junction & spine

Tethered cord and Chiari formation: Analysis of treatment in a relatively rare clinical situation.

Atul Goel, Shashi Ranjan, Abhidha Shah, Sagar Bhambere, Hardik Darji

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Article in Journal of craniovertebral junction & spine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Atul GoelDepartment of Neurosurgery, K.E.M. Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Shashi RanjanDepartment of Neurosurgery, K.E.M. Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Abhidha ShahDepartment of Neurosurgery, K.E.M. Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Sagar BhambereDepartment of Neurosurgery, K.E.M. Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Hardik DarjiDepartment of Neurosurgery, K.E.M. Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 32-year-old male patient was operated for tethered cord associated with spinal lipoma. Further investigations showed the presence of basilar invagination, Chiari formation, and extensive syringomyelia. His neurological symptoms continued to worsen after the surgery, and over a 3-year period, he developed spastic quadriparesis and urinary retention and constipation. The patient was now treated by atlantoaxial fixation. Following the surgery, the patient improved in function in all four limbs and both the urinary and stool control. The presence of symptomatic Chiari formation in association with the tethered cord is a relatively rare clinical event. Surgical treatment of Chiari formation can result in a gratifying clinical recovery.

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Basilar invaginationChiari formationsyringomyeliatethered cord

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PMID32089619
PMCPMC7008664
OpenAlexW3002573811

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