Urodynamic findings in the tethered spinal cord syndrome: Does surgical release improve bladder function?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 604-609

  Fone, Patricia D ^a   Vapnek, Jonathan M ^a   Litwiller, Scott E ^a   Couillard, David R ^a   Mcdonald, Craig M ^a   Boggan, James E ^a   Stone, Anthony R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Urology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

meningomyelocele; spinal cord diseases; spinal dysraphism; urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031013528     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65216-9     Document Type: Article

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