Anterior Sacral Meningocele Surgery
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 1) 2).
Approaches
1)
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.
2)
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.