Tethered Cord Syndrome: The Tip of the Iceberg — A Quasi-Experimental  Observational Study

Syed Aamir shah, Fahmida Arab Mallah, Muhammad Nauman Haider, Ahsan Iqbal, Muhammad Adnan,  Abubaker Siddique

Tethered Cord Syndrome: The Tip of the Iceberg — A Quasi-Experimental Observational Study

Authors

Syed Aamir shah, Fahmida Arab Mallah, Muhammad Nauman Haider, Ahsan Iqbal, Muhammad Adnan, Abubaker Siddique

Keywords:

Tethered cord. Congenital anomalies of spine, diastematomyelia, filum terminale, split cord.

Abstract

Background: Tethered Cord Syndrome(TCS) is an underdiagnosed neurologicalcondition withheterogeneousclinicalpresentations. Although classically describedinpediatric populations, it increasinglyaffects adults as well, with evolvingrecognition of occult forms and filumterminale pathology

References

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2.Yamada S, Iacono RP, Andrade T, Mandybur G, Yamada BS. Pathophysiology of tethered cord syndrome. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 1995;6(2):311-323.

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Published

2026-01-20

How to Cite

Syed Aamir shah, Fahmida Arab Mallah, Muhammad Nauman Haider, Ahsan Iqbal, Muhammad Adnan, Abubaker Siddique. (2026). Tethered Cord Syndrome: The Tip of the Iceberg — A Quasi-Experimental Observational Study. International Journal of Pharmacy Research & Technology (IJPRT), 16(1), 4907–4916. Retrieved from https://ijprt.org/index.php/pub/article/view/2477