Intraoperative demonstration of reduced distal spinal cord stiffness following untethering of the spinal cord using ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE).

Fawaz S Almotairi, Ali A Basalamah, Amr Amir, Amro F Al-Habib

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Article in World neurosurgery: X, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

Surgical Treatment of Tethered Cord Syndrome by Release of Filum Terminalis: A Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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Intraoperative elastography and spinal surgery: a systematic review of current and future applications in clinical and preclinical models.The ultrasound journal · 2025
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Intraoperative Ultrasound in the Management of Rare Lesions Involving the Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Compartment: A Quick, but Effective Helping Hand to Define the Optimal Surgical Strategy.Cancers · 2025
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Fawaz S AlmotairiNeurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Ali A BasalamahNeurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Amr AmirNeurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Amro F Al-HabibNeurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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And spinal cord stiffnessElasticityIntraoperative ultrasoundShear wave elastographySpinal cord detetheringTethered cord syndrome

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PMID37456688

DOI10.1016/j.wnsx.2023.100225

PMCPMC10344799

OpenAlexW4381681412

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