Surgical fixation of a unilateral bar and unsegmented butterfly vertebra in a patient with diastematomyelia and a tethered cord: illustrative case.

Key Points

• This research addresses the surgical correction of spinal deformities in a pediatric patient with diastematomyelia and related issues.
• Presented a case of a pediatric patient with diastematomyelia, unilateral bar, and unsegmented butterfly vertebra
• Performed urgent decompression prior to stabilization due to neurological deficits
• Conducted surgical correction of the vertebral anomalies
• Successfully corrected the spinal deformities
• Achieved neurological improvement post-surgery
• Documented curve correction to a functional alignment