Tethered cord associated with anorectal malformation

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-82

  Morimoto, Kazuyoshi ^a   Takemoto, Osamu ^a   Wakayama, Akatsuki ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anorectal malformation; Spinal cord; Tethering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ANAL CANAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; RECTAL FISTULA; RECTUM; REOPERATION; URINARY BLADDER FISTULA;

EID: 0037239629     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068048     Document Type: Article

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