Surgical management of tethered spinal cord in adults: Report of 54 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2001, Pages 173-178

  Hüttmann, Sabine ^a,b   Krauss, Juergen ^a   Collmann, Hartmut ^a   Sörensen, Niels ^a   Roosen, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Filum terminale; Lipoma; Split cord malformation; Tethered spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035491648     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2001.95.2.0173     Document Type: Article

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