The initial treatment of meningocele and myelomeningocele lesions in adulthood: Experiences with seven patients

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 162-167

  Akay, Kamil Melih ^a,b,c   Gönül, Engin ^a   Öcal, Emin ^a   Timurkaynak, Erdener ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult; Meningocele; Myelomeningocele; Surgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROMYELIA; LIQUORRHEA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0038494676     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-002-0230-0     Document Type: Article

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