Tethered Cord Syndrome

Abstract

Tethered cord syndrome can be due to various reasons. It is seen in patients with spina bifida occulta. The inelastic tight filum can cause neurological lesions like urinary and bowel incontinence, claudication, and persistent back pain varying with posture etc. Other lesions like ependymoma of the conus, epidermoid cysts, neureneteric cysts, lipoma of the filum, meningomyelocele, lipomeningomyelocele and even teratoma of the sacrococcygeal region can cause tethered cord syndrome. Timely identification and prompt correction give excellent results.