Urodynamic findings in adults with the tethered cord syndrome

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1249-1254

  Giddens, Jonathan L ^a   Radomski, Sidney B ^a   Hirshberg, Eric D ^a   Hassouna, Magdy ^a   Fehlings, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Surgery; Tethered cord syndrome; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032884823     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)61648-3     Document Type: Article

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