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One hundred years ago, Recklinghausen [7] showed that the delayed development of neurological symptoms in patients suffering from lumbosacral lipoma is caused not by compression but by tethering of the spinal cord to the lipoma. However, the detethering of cauda as well as of conus has only been practiced over the last few years. Several authors have monitored postoperative results and a few papers have dealt with postoperative follow-up, but up to now long-term outcome has not been adequately studied.
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Richard, K.E., Steinhauer, J., Sanker, P., Frowein, R.A. (1990). Lumbosacral Lipomas and Lipomyelomeningoceles: Operability and Long-Term Follow-up. In: Bushe, KA., Brock, M., Klinger, M. (eds) Stabilizing Craniocervical Operations Calcium Antagonists in SAH Current Legal Issues. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75283-4_25
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