Secondary tethered cord syndrome in spinal dysraphism

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 457-461

  Ohe, N ^a   Futamura, A ^a   Kawada, R ^a   Minatsu, H ^a   Kohmura, H ^a   Hayashi, K ^b   Miwa, K ^b   Sakai, N ^b  

^a Nagara Medical Centre   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complication; Dural graft; Secondary tethered cord syndrome; Spinal dysraphism

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

EID: 0033931023     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007291     Document Type: Article

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