Thoracic idiopathic spinal cord herniation at the vertebral body level: A subgroup with a poor prognosis? Case reports and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 369-374

  Barbagallo, Giuseppe M V ^a   Marshman, Laurence A G ^a   Hardwidge, Carl ^a   Gullan, Richard W ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brown S quard syndrome; Herniation; Paraparesis; Spasticity; Thoracic spine; Vertebral body

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036775362     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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