Autoamputation of Fingers — A Rare Presentation of Tethered Cord after Early Repair of Cervicothoracic Myelomeningocele

Abstract Dorsal myelomeningoceles are rare but well-recognized lesions. The phenomenon of the cord tethering at the operative site several years after surgery is known. Self-mutilation of the fingers as the presenting symptom of such tethered cord is extremely rare with only one case reported in lit...

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الحاوية / القاعدة:	Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
المؤلفون الرئيسيون:	Venkata Ramesh Chandra Vemula, Chandramowliswara Prasad Bodapati, Jayachandar Vuttarkar, Sanjeev Akula, Krishnamohan Chennati
التنسيق:	مقال
اللغة:	الإنجليزية
منشور في:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017-03-01
الموضوعات:	tethered cord myelomeningocele
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:	http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1588034