Factors in neurological deterioration and role of surgical treatment in lumbosacral spinal lipoma

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 143-149

  Koyanagi, Izumi ^a   Iwasaki, Yoshinobu ^b   Hida, Kazutoshi ^b   Abe, Hiroshi ^b   Isu, Toyohiko ^c   Akino, Minoru ^d   Aida, Toshimitsu ^e  

^a Hokkaido Neurosurgical Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

^d Sapporo Azabu Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

^e National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lumbosacral spinal lipoma; Occult spinal dysraphism; Surgical treatment; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPOMA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034117601     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050481     Document Type: Article

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