detethering

de- +‎ tethering

detethering (plural detetherings)

1. The removal of a tether
   • 2015 July 26, Jung-Tung Liu et al., “Management of Deep Infection after Instrumentation on Lumbar Spinal Surgery in a Single Institution”, in BioMed Research International‎, volume 2015, DOI:10.1155/2015/842010:

     During this 15-year period, 1,176 lumbar spinal surgeries were performed, and the procedures included the following: simple decompression procedures such as micro- or endoscopic discectomy or foraminotomy or decompression of stenosis, arthrodeses (e.g., posterolateral interbody, posterior/transforaminal interbody, and lateral interbody), filum detethering, or syrinx shunting.

• retightened