Congenital lumbosacral lipomas: Pitfalls in analysing the results of prophylactic surgery

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 326-332

  Dorward, Neil L ^a   Scatliff, James ^b   Hayward, Richard D ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lipoma; Lipomyelomeningocele; Spinal dysraphism; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPOMA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SKIN DEFECT; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPOMA; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036663814     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0624-x     Document Type: Article

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