Talk:Tethered spinal cord syndrome

message: This article needs to site some references. Chefyingi 18:46, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: Guys,
I am sorry, but I am a total rookie (newbie) to Wiki, but am heavily involved in this issue because 3 of my 4 kids and my Wife have this and in researching it, our kids have a 75=% chance of passing it along, so I want as much solid information out there on this as I can.  I figured my grandkids may be looking for this information and I can't guarantee that I will be here to give it to them 1st hand.
Here is a copy of the article that our doctor wrote that she said we could post and approved the GFDL on. She said we could use any/all of the text as long as we kept the references/acknowlegements in the final so we would know her sources.  That have been several follow on articles published by the same journal. I am contacting these doctors for similar permission.  My understanding of Journals is that they are considered Public domain for non-commercial purposes & research, ? Which Wiki is right?
Original Paper Pediatr Neurosurg
2004;40:51–57 
DOI: 10.1159/000078908
Occult Tight Filum terminale Syndrome:
Results of Surgical Untethering 
Monica C. Wehby Patrick S. O’Hollaren Keyvan Abtin Jenny L. Hume Benjamin J. Richards 
Divisions of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Pediatric Urology, Emanuel Children’s Hospital, Portland, Oreg., USA
Monica C. Wehby, MD 
Microneurosurgical Consultants, P.C.,
Legacy Emanuel Hospital 
501 N. Graham, Suite 315 
Portland, OR 97227 (USA)
Tel. +1 800 814 4219, 
Fax +1 503 287 0705,
E-Mail monicawehby@hotmail.com
ABC Fax + 41 61 306 12 34 
E-Mail karger@karger.ch 
www.karger.com © 2004 S.
Karger AG, Basel
1016–2291/04/0402–0051$21.00/0
Accessible online at: www.karger.com/pne 
[Presumed copyright violations deleted, sorry. ]
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Mprewitt007 (talk • contribs) 22:34, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sadly, journals definitely fall under copyright, and there's no indication that this one's freely-licensed or public domain, so I've deleted its text here. If your doctor is one of the authors, then you can definitely look into having them make it open-access and/or freely-licensed; you'll probably want to read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials along the way to understand more.  15:35, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Information 

message: I am 63, born with spinal bifida occulta. Lived with lower back pain all my life. A few months ago started to get pain in legs. I went for MRI and it showed a tethered cord, with no neural complications. I was now referred to a neurosurgeon. In the meantime (because you cannot get apointment right away) what do i do or dont do. Noone has told me what to do or not do for the next 2 weeks.  Can i drive, walk , sit at my desk and work.  It seems I cant get anyone to answer my questions. The neurologist said to wait and talk to the neurosurgeon, he wants to make sure he didnt miss anything. My PCP tells me to talk to the neurologist. I am besides myself. I have no other symptomn right now except back pain and leg aches. Does anyone know if i should continue my lifestyle or not.  Also does anyone know if operation is the only answer.  If i choose not to operate will I get worse.  Is the operation the only way out of this condition,and if so at my age (which i am healty otherwise)will i end up worse. Is it safe to untether a bunch of nerves and the end of the spine. I am sooooo scared I will end up brain dead or unable to move. Is there any statistics on this for adults. I know I am asking alot of questions but i am trying to ease my mind until i see this neurosurgeon in 2 weeks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.189.51.205 (talk) 13:20, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  i need answers 

message: I strongly feel that medical articles should be written by physicians and medical researchers.  While anyone can contribute to Wikipedia, it is important that articles (and, I would argue, especially medical articles) be written by people who are truly knowledgeable and can cast the article into an objective description of the entity at hand.  Otherwise biases creep in (as well as non-professional-quality writing).  I am not a physician, but a humanities scholar, and publish articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals.  Students often turn to Wikipedia (though we tend to warn them against it).  But one should have some confidence in the articles presented in this venue.  And everything needs proper citation.  
Jswack (talk) 05:25, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  medical articles and editing