The effect of surgery for split spinal cord malformation on neurologic and urologic function

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-19

  Proctor, Mark R ^a   Bauer, Stuart B ^a   Scott, R Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diastematomyelia; Diplomyelia; Spina bifida occulta; Spinal dysraphism; Split spinal cord malformation; Tethered cord syndrome; Urination disorders; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; ONSET AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034119198     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028891     Document Type: Article

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