Operative nuances of myelomeningocele closure

Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 719-724

  Perry, Victor L ^a   Albright, A Leland ^a   Adelson, P David ^a   Sutton, Leslie N ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh ^*

Author keywords

Chiari II malformation; Hydrocephalus; Myelomeningocele; Neural tube defect; Shunt; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYSRAPHISM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

DURA MATER; HUMANS; MENINGES; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SUTURES;

EID: 0036765522     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200209000-00018     Document Type: Article

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