Surgical treatment of nonprogressive neurological deficits in children with sacral agenesis

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1133-1138

  Muthukumar, Natarajan ^a,b  

^a MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Muruganagam   (India)

Author keywords

Lipomeningocele; MRI; Myelography; Sacral agenesis; Tethered cord; Vertebral anomaly

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM AGENESIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCCYX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPOMA; MALE; MENINGOCELE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SACRUM; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030008996     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199606000-00014     Document Type: Article

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