TY - JOUR
AU - Ostling, Lauren
AB - CNEv34n21_Layout 1 9/17/12 10:01 PM Page 1 VOLUME 34 � NUMBER 21 October 31, 2012 A BIWEEKLY PUBLICATION FOR CLINICAL NEUROSURGICAL CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION Fatty Filum Terminale: Part II—Surgical Technique And Outcomes Karin Bierbrauer, MD, Charles Kuntz, MD, and Lauren Ostling, MD Learning Objectives: After completing this CME activity, the neurosurgeon will be better able to: 1. Select the appropriate surgical technique to treat and monitor patients with fatty filum terminale. 2. Assess the potential postoperative morbidity associated with surgery to treat fatty filum terminale. This article is the second of 2 parts. retethering must be recognized, especially in the pediatric population. Additionally, the occult tethered cord syndrome The identification of pediatric and adult patients with fatty (TCS) (or occult tight filum terminale syndrome [TFTS]) will and tight filum terminale for surgical intervention is usually be described, a relatively newer indication for sectioning of based on the indications as described in part I. This may the filum terminale in patients with abnormalities on uro- include pediatric patients with cutaneous markers that ini- dynamic testing but without radiographic abnormalities. tially brought the abnormality to the attention of the health- care provider, children with other congenital anomalies like Surgical Technique VACTERL 
TI - Fatty Filum Terminale  Part II—Surgical Technique And Outcomes
JF - Contemporary Neurosurgery
DO - 10.1097/01.CNE.0000421553.97670.05
DA - 2012-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/fatty-filum-terminale-part-ii-mdash-surgical-technique-and-outcomes-zoTYSyX0LX
SP - 1–5-1&ndash
EP - ndash;5-1–5
VL - 34
IS - 21
DP - DeepDyve
ER -