Intraoperative demonstration of reduced distal spinal cord stiffness following untethering of the spinal cord using ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE)

Fawaz S Almotairi; Ali A Basalamah; Amr Amir; Amro F Al-Habib

doi:10.1016/j.wnsx.2023.100225

Intraoperative demonstration of reduced distal spinal cord stiffness following untethering of the spinal cord using ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE)

World Neurosurg X. 2023 Jun 22:20:100225. doi: 10.1016/j.wnsx.2023.100225. eCollection 2023 Oct.

Authors

Fawaz S Almotairi¹, Ali A Basalamah¹, Amr Amir¹, Amro F Al-Habib¹

Affiliation

¹ Neurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

No abstract available

Keywords: And spinal cord stiffness; Elasticity; Intraoperative ultrasound; Shear wave elastography; Spinal cord detethering; Tethered cord syndrome.