Role of surgery for maintaining urological function and prevention of retethering in the treatment of lipomeningomyelocele: Experience recorded in 75 lipomeningomyelocele patients

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-29

  Kang, Joon Ki ^a   Lee, Kwan Sung ^a   Jeun, Sin Soo ^a   Lee, Il Woo ^a   Kim, Moon Chan ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lipomeningomyelocele; Retethering; Tethered cord; Urodynamic function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS; BLADDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIPOMA; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPOMA; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; RECURRENCE; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0037984457     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0674-0     Document Type: Article

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