In September, my son (will be 10 months) is going to have a Tethered Spinal Cord Release Surgery.
The sign was his crooked butt crease found at 1 month checkup, which I couldn't even notice it O_o
A tethered spinal cord is a spinal cord that is fastened to the spinal canal, while the spinal cord normally floats free inside the spinal canal.
“A tethered cord is often diagnosed as a "low conus." The conus medullaris (or lower termination of the spinal cord) normally terminates at or above the L1-2 disk space (where L1 is the first, or topmost lumbar vertebra). After about 3 months of age, a conus below the L1-2 disk space may indicate a tethered cord and termination below L3-4 is unmistakably tethered. Cord tethering is often assumed when the conus is below the normal L2-3 level.”
My son had a MRI checkup at 5 months of age and the termination was at L3, unmistakably tethered… fortunately with no terminal lipoma.
He has no symptoms yet but as children grow (with this condition), 50% may have several symptoms: back pain, leg pain, urinary irregularities, etc… Therefore, early surgery is recommended, or the improvement will be difficult when they start to have the symptoms.
To remove any fear factor, I thought I should better not wait.
His doctor explained, the surgery is very simple (about 1.5 hour). He needs to cut his back for about 3cm (about an inch) to release the tethered cord. The scar will be very thin as he grows up, if he doesn't develop a keloid, etc...
Follow-up MRI visits will be needed since the spinal cord does have the potential to re-tether after surgery.
BTW, I was taking folic acid before and during the pregnancy. My doctor said it is nothing to do with lack of it...
If you know anything about this surgery or any good article about this surgery let me know.
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I hope my son could have the surgery as scheduled :)
FYI:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethered_spinal_cord_syndrome
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Sunday, August 13, 2017
Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome and Surgery
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