Recurrent tethering: A common long-term problem after lipomyelomeningocele repair

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 184-190

  Colak, Ahmet ^a   Pollack, Ian F ^a   Albright, A Leland ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dural graft; Lipomyelomeningocele; Spinal cord tethering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MICROSURGERY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

ADHESIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPOMA; MALE; MENINGES; MENINGOMYELOCELE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA;

EID: 0032419320     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028719     Document Type: Article

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