{"id":1329,"date":"2023-02-09T12:49:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T12:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drashishdesai.in\/?page_id=1329"},"modified":"2023-09-26T09:10:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T09:10:00","slug":"tethered-cord-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drashishdesai.in\/index.php\/tethered-cord-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Tethered Cord Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1329\" class=\"elementor elementor-1329\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16bb466 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16bb466\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2acf59e\" data-id=\"2acf59e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6f07b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6f07b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tethered Cord Syndrome<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b55a966 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b55a966\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e680fba\" data-id=\"e680fba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42116c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42116c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is a tethered spinal cord?\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56ecbca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56ecbca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>A tethered spinal cord is a spinal cord that is pulled down and stuck, or fixed, to the spinal canal. The spinal cord normally floats free inside the spinal canal.<\/p><p>As a child grows, the spinal cord must be able to move freely inside the spinal canal. If the spinal cord is stuck, it will stretch like a rubber band as a child grows. This can cause lasting damage to the spinal nerves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8879ef\" data-id=\"a8879ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3cd885 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b3cd885\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/drashishdesai.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/tethered-normal-spine-header.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1331\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drashishdesai.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/tethered-normal-spine-header.png 700w, https:\/\/drashishdesai.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/tethered-normal-spine-header-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c50573 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c50573\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-919e899\" data-id=\"919e899\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a534b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a534b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What causes tethered spinal cord?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-412dcc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"412dcc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Children have tethered spinal cords for many reasons. Tethered spinal cord most often happens in children who have birth defects called\u00a0<a title=\"myelomeningoceles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seattlechildrens.org\/conditions\/myelomeningocele\/\">myelomeningoceles<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a title=\"lipomyelomeningoceles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seattlechildrens.org\/conditions\/lipomyelomeningocele\/\">lipomyelomeningoceles<\/a>. Over time, the spinal cords of children with these conditions may become stuck, or tethered, to the myelomeningocele or lipomyelomeningocele. This pulls on the spinal cord as the child grows, causing\u00a0<a title=\"symptoms\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seattlechildrens.org\/conditions\/tethered-spinal-cord\/#symptoms\">symptoms<\/a>.<\/p><p>A child also may have a tethered spinal cord for one of these reasons:<\/p><ul><li>The very end of their spinal cord is held down more tightly than normal (<span class=\"glossaryTerm\">filum terminale<\/span>).<\/li><li>There is a small tract that is not normal, going from the skin into the spinal canal (dermal sinus tract).<\/li><li>The spinal cord is split into 2 cords near the end (diastematomyelia or diplomyelia).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca2cd04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca2cd04\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-176a653\" data-id=\"176a653\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbe8abf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fbe8abf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Symptoms of Tethered Spinal Cord\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bae025d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bae025d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Children may have several symptoms of tethered spinal cord, including:<\/p><ul><li>Back pain or shooting pain in the legs<\/li><li>Weakness, numbness or problems with muscle function in the legs<\/li><li>Tremors or spasms in the leg muscles<\/li><li>Changes in the way the feet look, like higher arches or curled toes<\/li><li>Loss of bladder or bowel control that gets worse<\/li><li><a title=\"Scoliosis\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seattlechildrens.org\/conditions\/scoliosis\/\">Scoliosis<\/a>\u00a0or abnormal curve of the spine that changes or gets worse<\/li><li>Repeated bladder infections<\/li><li>In a child with an unknown tethered cord, signs on the back such as a fatty mass, dimple, birthmark, tuft of hair or\u00a0<a title=\"anorectal malformations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seattlechildrens.org\/conditions\/imperforate-anus\/\">anorectal malformations<\/a><\/li><li>Fatty mass, dimple, birthmark, tuft of hair on back<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4df6648 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4df6648\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-934295c\" data-id=\"934295c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-763a6d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"763a6d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Treatment of Tethered Spinal Cord\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3b2b62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3b2b62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2a767c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2a767c\" data-element_type=\"section\"><div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\"><div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74a8564\" data-id=\"74a8564\" data-element_type=\"column\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b3fe10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b3fe10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p>Tethered cord needs surgery in form of repair of neural tube defect and detethering of spinal cord under intra operative neuro monitoring.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fdb1e5e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fdb1e5e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;curve&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" 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