Horizontal sacrum as an indicator of a tethered spinal cord

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 209-213

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,c,d   Wellons III, John C ^c   Bartolucci, Alfred A ^b   Blount, Jeffrey P ^c   Oakes, W Jerry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Pediatric Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Horizontal sacrum; Lumbosacral angle; Myelomeningocele; Occult spinal dysraphism; Tethered spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MENINGOMYELOCELE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 0036249845     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056058     Document Type: Article

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