====== Anterior Sacral Meningocele Surgery ======

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Surgery is the mainstay for the management of ASM. Surgery should aim to obliterate the communication between [[meningocele]] and the spinal [[subarachnoid space]]; to decompress the pelvic structures by meningocele [[excision]]; and to untether the [[spinal cord]], if necessary
((Smith HP, Davis CH Jr. Anterior sacral meningocele: two case reports and discussion of surgical approach. Neurosurgery. 1980 Jul;7(1):61-7. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198007000-00010. PMID: 7413051.))
((Tani S, Okuda Y, Abe T. Surgical strategy for anterior sacral meningocele. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2003 Apr;43(4):204-9. doi: 10.2176/nmc.43.204. PMID: 12760501.)).

===== Approaches =====

[[Anterior Sacral Meningocele Approaches]].