Urological assessment for tethered cord syndrome of delayed onset following repair of meningomyelocele

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1158-1166

  Namima, Takashige ^a   Uchi, Keiichirou ^a   Nakagawa, Haruo ^a   Aizawa, Masataka ^a   Orikasa, Seiichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

surgical untethering; tethered cord syndrome; urinary tract dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER CONTRACTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URODYNAMICS; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0029861503     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.87.1158     Document Type: Article

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