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== Treatment == There is no standard technique in the surgical treatment of TCS. Generally, the lamina is removed, anywhere from L2 to S1, a durotomy is made, and electrical stimulation is used to confirm the absence of any nerve roots which may be associated with the filum. Finally, a microsurgical resection of the filum terminale (usually a 10 mm segment for pathology) is performed. The filum tends to be taut, and to briskly retract upon sectioning. However, findings are variable, and there is no evidence to suggest that the intraoperative findings predict or correlate with the surgical outcome and severity of the TCS. In some cases, it may be necessary to perform a lumbar stabilization across the motion segment in which the filum was sectioned. The resected filum should be sent for histopathological evaluation.<ref>{{Cite journal | last =Henderson | first=Fraser C. | last2 = Austin | first2=Claudiu | last3 = Benzel | first3 = Edward | last4 = Bolognese | first4 = Paolo| last5 = Ellenbogen | first5 = Richard | last6 = Francomano | first6 = Clair A. | last7 = Ireton | first7 = Candace | last8 = Klinge | first8 = Petra | last9 = Koby | first9 = Myles | date = 2017 | title=Neurological and spinal manifestations of the Ehlers–Danlos syndromes|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajmg.c.31549|journal=American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics|language=en|volume=175|issue=1|pages=195–211|doi=10.1002/ajmg.c.31549|issn=1552-4876}}</ref> {{NeedsImage}}
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