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How common is a tethered cord in the thoracic spine? mine is tethered at t11
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Tether: Rare. Unless you have bladder symptoms or weakness in the legs i would ignore.
Answered 9/21/2013
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Unusual: Usually, when people have tethered cords, it means that the bottom of the spinal cord is hanging too low, usually from a failure of the spinal cord to ascend developmentally. If your cord is "tethered" at t11, that really wouldn't make sense because most people's cords end around t12-l2. A cord could be tethered elsewhere if prior surgery or other developmental anomaly.
Answered 5/20/2016
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Tethered spinal cord: Tethering in the thoracic spine is rare - usually related to trauma. If your cord/conus level is at T11 then technically this is not a tethered spinal cord.
Answered 9/29/2014
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