A case of anterior sacral meningocele totally excised using the posterior sagittal approach

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 730-732

  Somuncu, Salih ^a   Aritürk, Ender ^a   Iyigün, Ömer ^a   Bernay, Ferit ^a   Rizalar, Riza ^a   Günaydin, Mithat ^a   Gürses, Naci ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior sacral meningocele; posterior sagittal approach

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOID; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030969445     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(97)90018-X     Document Type: Article

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