Tethered Cord Surgery. Tethered spinal cord is common in children with spina bifida but it also occurs in children who don t have this condition. Tethered cord occurs when the spinal cord is attached to tissues around the spine most commonly at the base of the spine.
Needles are inserted into the lower body to monitor nerve function even as the child is asleep. Surgery is the most common treatment to untether the spinal cord from the spinal tissue. Tethered spinal cord release is a fairly routine surgical procedure used to treat a tethered cord.
Tethered spinal cord release is a fairly routine surgical procedure used to treat a tethered cord.
Surgery involves the following steps. The most common treatment for tethered spinal cord is a lumbar laminectomy to release the tethered cord. Most cases of spinal cord tethering are treated with surgery. There are two types of tethered spinal cord release surgery.
