Surgical strategy for anterior sacral meningocele: Two case reports

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 204-209

  Tani, Satoshi ^a   Okuda, Yoshiji ^a   Abe, Toshiaki ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior sacral meningocele; Currarino syndrome; Dysraphism; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSRAPHISM; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MICTURITION DISORDER; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOCELE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0037998305     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.43.204     Document Type: Article

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