The use of Gore-Tex membrane for adhesion prevention in tethered spinal cord surgery: Technical case reports

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 674-678

  Aliredjo, Riena P ^a   De Vries, Joost ^a   Menovsky, Tomas ^a   Grotenhuis, J André ^a   Merx, Johannes ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dura; Gore Tex; Repeated surgery; Tethered spinal cord

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; MEMBRANE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

EID: 0033023906     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199903000-00139     Document Type: Article

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