Meanings
plural detetherings
- The removal of a tether
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During this 15-year period, 1,176 lumbar spinal surgeries were performed, and the procedures included the following: simple decompression procedures such as micro- or endoscopic discectomy or foraminotomy or decompression of stenosis, arthrodeses (e.g., posterolateral interbody, posterior/transforaminal interbody, and lateral interbody), filum detethering, or syrinx shunting.
2015 July 26, Jung-Tung Liu et al., “Management of Deep Infection after Instrumentation on Lumbar Spinal Surgery in a Single Institution”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI
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