Giant intraspinal pseudomeningoceles cause delayed neurological dysfunction after brachial plexus injury: Report of three cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1245-1249

  Hader, Walter J ^a   Fairholm, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Nerve root avulsion; Traumatic spinal pseudomeningocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0034061839     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200005000-00044     Document Type: Article

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