Retethering of sectioned fibrolipomatous filum terminales: Report of two cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1390-1393

  Souweidane, Mark M ^a   Drake, James M ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Filum terminale; Spinal cord diseases; Tethered spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CAUDA EQUINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031746325     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199806000-00130     Document Type: Article

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