Terminal myelocystoceles: A series of 17 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2005, Pages 344-352

  Gupta, Deepak Kumar ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Lipomyelocystocele; Lumbosacral mass; Outcome; Pediatric neurosurgery; Spinal dysraphism; Terminal myelocystocele

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB WEAKNESS; LIPOMYELOCYSTOCELE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MYELOCYSTOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PES EQUINOVARUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINE INCONTINENCE; MENINGOMYELOCELE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE;

EID: 32944475116     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2005.103.4.0344     Document Type: Article

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