Management of Tight Filum Terminale

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-53

  Komagata, Masashi ^a   Endo, K ^a   Nishiyama, M ^a   Ikegami, H ^a   Imakiire, A ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Surgical outcomes; Tethered cord syndrome; Tight filum terminale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIGHT FILUM TERMINALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUDA EQUINA; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 2442620284     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-812463     Document Type: Review

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