Filum terminale fusion and dural sac termination: Study in 27 cadavers

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 176-179

  Hansasuta, Ake ^a,b   Tubbs, R Shane ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Dural sac termination; Filum terminale; Surgery; Tethered spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAMENT; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CAUDA EQUINA; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA;

EID: 0032814446     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028790     Document Type: Article

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