Elderly-onset degenerative "lumbar spondylotic myelopathy" in a patient with a low-placed spinal cord successfully treated by laminotomy: a case report

Clin Case Rep. 2015 Nov 5;3(12):1021-5. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.424. eCollection 2015 Dec.

Abstract

The authors report a rare case of elderly-onset "lumbar spondylotic myelopathy" occurred on a low-placed spinal cord compressed at multiple levels with thickened ligamenta flava. A posterior decompression surgery could alleviate neurological symptoms successfully instead of untethering of the spinal cord, a widely accepted surgery for tethered cord.

Keywords: Adulthood onset; decompression; laminotomy; nerve compression; spondylosis; tethered cord syndrome.

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