Tethered spinal cord syndrome
What is a Tethered spinal cord syndrome? Etiology Primary Tethered Cord Syndrome When focusing on primary TCS, the simplest mechanism by which the caudal spinal cord capitulates to tethering is due to a thickened filum terminal. Normally, the filum terminal is a viscoelastic structure that facilitates the increase of the conus medullaris during neural development….