Is Surgery Necessary for Asymptomatic Tethered Cord in Anorectal Malformation Patients?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 773-777

  Tuuha, Sascha E ^a,b   Aziz, Dalal ^a,b   Drake, James ^a,b   Wales, Paul ^a,b   Kim, Peter C W ^a,b,c  

^a University of Toronto ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anorectal malformations; Asymptomatic tethered cord; Prophylactic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 2442599353     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.01.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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