Modified surgical technique for the treatment of idiopathic spinal cord herniation

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 120-123

  Saito, A ^a   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Sato, S ^b   Kumabe, T ^a   Tominaga, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cord herniation; Surgery; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; DURA MATER; GAIT DISORDER; HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; LEG; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME; HERNIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33744931139     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-932171     Document Type: Article

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