Introduction of a urodynamic score to detect pre- and postoperative neurological deficits in children with a primary tethered cord

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 716-721

  Meyrat, Blaise Julien ^a   Tercier, Stéphan ^a   Lutz, Nicolas ^a   Rilliet, Bénédict ^a   Forcada Guex, Margarita ^a   Vernet, Olivier ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Score; Spina bifida; Spinal dysraphism; Tethered cord; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER COMPLIANCE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URODYNAMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 0345602737     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0829-7     Document Type: Article

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