Ossified pseudomeningocoele following laminectomy: Case reports and review of the literature

European Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 430-432

  Ishaque, M A ^a   Crockard, H A ^a   Stevens, J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degenerative spondylolisthesis; Meningocoele; Pseudocyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MENINGOCELE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 0031439119     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01834074     Document Type: Article

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