Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of split cord malformations: A retrospective analysis
Mitrajit Sharma, Aman Singh, Aditya Varshney, Vishnu Vardhan, Somil Jaiswal, Bal Krishna Ojha · 2026
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Description
Mitrajit Sharma and five co-authors review surgery for split spinal cord in a 2026 study. In this rare birth defect, the cord divides into two half-cords, and children can show nerve, bone, and skin signs that vary widely. Surgery is the main treatment, but outcome data are thin.
The team looked back at cases operated on at one large center between 2018 and 2024 and kept thirty-five patients with full records, most of them young children. The milder split type was the more common. Weakness of movement was the top complaint, and most children had a tethered cord on scans. The authors detail the operations and how patients fared, adding rare numbers to a sparse field.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mitrajit Sharma, Aman Singh, Aditya Varshney, Vishnu Vardhan, Somil Jaiswal, Bal Krishna Ojha |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |