Surgical treatment supposed natural history of the tethered cord with occult spinal dysraphism

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 268-274

  Koyanagi, Izutni ^a,b   Iwasaki, Yoshinobu ^a   Hida, Kazutoshi ^a   Abe, Hiroshi ^a   Isu, Toyohiko ^a,c   Akino, Minoru ^a,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Neurosurgical Mem Hospital   (Japan)

^c KUSHIRO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Sapporo Azabu Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lumbosacral lipoma; Occult spinal dysraphism; Surgical treatment; Tethered cord; Tight filum terminale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPOMA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030738269     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050081     Document Type: Article

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