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Pregnancy and tethered spinal cord
Hi, I was wondering if it is safe for me to get pregnant if I had a spinal surgery when I was a child for a tethered spinal cord?
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If you are asymptomatic now, it should be ok to get pregnant. To be on the safer side, get one MRI of spine before conception.
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