With the advent of the 5–7‐mHz transducer, ultrasound has been found to be very useful in evaluating abnormalities in the newborn spine, including tethered cord, meningomyelocele, spinal lipoma, and other forms of dysraphism.1 This is because of the ability of the ultrasound beam to penetrate mostly cartilaginous spine and its contents until six months of age. To our knowledge, ultrasound used to assess spinal cord trauma following birth has been mentioned as one case in a series2 and cited as useful in another.3 We present a case in which ultrasound was instrumental in evaluating spinal pathology and determining appropriate surgery.
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