In Utero Repair of Myelomeningoceles
13 In Utero Repair of Myelomeningoceles Nalin Gupta Several diseases can be treated by surgical procedures performed directly on the fetus prior to the anticipated delivery date.1 Most of these…
Anomalies of Spinal Cord Length and Filum Thickness
18 Anomalies of Spinal Cord Length and Filum Thickness Shokei Yamada, Javed Siddiqi, and Shoko M. Yamada Adults with tethered cord syndrome (TCS) are divided into two groups: group 1…
The Normal Position of the Conus Medullaris Does Not Exclude a Tethered Spinal Cord
17 The Normal Position of the Conus Medullaris Does Not Exclude a Tethered Spinal Cord R. Shane Tubbs and W. Jerry Oakes Since the inception of the term tethered spinal…
The Role of Folate Supplementation in Spina Bifida Occulta
12 The Role of Folate Supplementation in Spina Bifida Occulta Elias Rizk and Bermans J. Iskandar Epidemiology of Spina Bifida Occulta The incidence of spina bifida occulta (SBO) in the…
The Cervical Tethered Spinal Cord
9 The Cervical Tethered Spinal Cord Kenji Muro, Arthur J. DiPatri Jr., and David G. McLone Tethered cord syndrome (TCS) is a well-established and recognized disease entity whose protean manifestations…
Introduction to Tethered Cord Syndrome
1 Introduction to Tethered Cord Syndrome Shokei Yamada The word tether means to restrain, an example of which is an animal held to the maximal range of motion by a…
Neurological Assessment of Tethered Spinal Cord
4 Neurological Assessment of Tethered Spinal Cord Sanford Schneider A nonambulatory patient in his thirties had been a long-distance runner in college. Over a period of a dozen years he…
The Translabyrinthine Approach to the Skull Base
6 The Translabyrinthine Approach to the Skull Base William H. Slattery The translabyrinthine approach is the most direct approach to the cerebellopontine angle. It was first used by…
The Fine Points of Posterior Fossa Surgery
17 The Fine Points of Posterior Fossa Surgery William E. Hitselberger, Marc S. Schwartz, and Rick A. Friedman This final chapter enumerates the surgical techniques that we have…
The Combined Petrosal Approach to the Petroclival Region
8 The Combined Petrosal Approach to the Petroclival Region Rick A. Friedman, Marc S. Schwartz, and Eric P. Wilkinson The petroclival region represents one of the most difficult…
