Progression of terminal syrinx in occult spina bifida after untethering

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 106-108

  Sade, B ^a   Beni Adani, L ^a   Ben Sira, L ^a   Constantini, S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lipomyelomeningocele; Spina bifida; Syringo subarachnoid shunt; Syringomyelia; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TERATOMA; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; CHILD; INFANT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038520164     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0672-2     Document Type: Article

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