Surgical treatment of a sacral nerve root cyst with intermittent claudication in an 85-year-old patient: Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-286

  Su, Ching Chan ^a,c   Shirane, Reizo ^b   Okubo, Tadao ^a   Kayama, Takamasa ^b   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^b  

^a Prefectural Shinjo Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Department of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

aged patient; intermittent claudication; Sacral nerve root cyst

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; NERVE ROOT; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD CYST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0029876012     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0090-3019(95)00353-3     Document Type: Article

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