The caudal canal in children: A study using magnetic resonance imaging

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-141

  Adewale, L ^a   Dearlove, O ^a   Wilson, B ^a   Hindle, K ^a   Robinson, D N ^a  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caudal; Dural sac; Extradural space; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sacrococcygeal membrane

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INFANT; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINA BIFIDA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCCYX; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; KLIPPEL-FEIL SYNDROME; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SACRUM; SCOLIOSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 0034064193     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2000.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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