Management and outcome of posttraumatic syringomyelia

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-205

  Sgouros, Spiros ^a,b   Williams, Bernard ^a  

^a Midland Ctr for Neurosurg/Neurol   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

meningeal fibrosis; posttraumatic syringomyelia; spinal cord injury; syringopleural shunt; syringosubarachnoid shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHUNTING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030055003     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.2.0197     Document Type: Article

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