Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3071654 | Neurocirugía | 2007 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Neurological deterioration is not a necessary consequence of the natural history of patients with MMC or LMC. Early or late clinical deterioration can be due to spinal cord re-tethering and deserves timely investigation and surgical exploration. Results of surgical intervention were rewarding as 92% of the patients showed improvement or stabilization in their otherwise deteriorating condition. We also report two infrequent causes of spinal cord deterioration: lumbar canal stenosis and intense foreign-body reactions to implanted materials.
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J.F. MartÃnez-Lage, A. Ruiz-Espejo Vilar, M.J. Almagro, I. Sánchez del Rincón, J. Ros de San Pedro, M. Felipe-Murcia, F.J. Murcia-GarcÃa,