Surgical treatment outcomes in children with tethered spinal cord syndrome. A prognosis on the basis of spinal 3T MRI tractography.

Aim: The study objective was to identify factors affecting surgical treatment outcomes in children with tethered cord syndrome (TCS).

Material And Methods: The study included 21 TCS patients aged 1 to 14 years who underwent tethered cord release. The preoperative and postoperative data of clinical and neurophysiological examination and high field (3T) MRI tractography of the caudal spinal cord were compared.