Tethered cord syndrome in adults. Report on 25 cases;Syndrome de moelle attachee de l'adulte: Une serie de 25 patients

Neurochirurgie

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-82

  Guyotat, J ^a,b   Bret, Ph ^a   Jouanneau, E ^a   Ricci, A C ^a   Lapras, Cl ^a  

^a Service de Neurochirurgie A   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Adults; Lipoma; Surgical treatment; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; INNERVATION; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031835695     PISSN: 00283770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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