Efficacy of surgical decompresston in regard to motor recovery in the setting of conus medullaris injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-38

  Rahimi Movaghar, Vafa ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^b   Mohammadi, Mehdi ^a  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conus medullaris injury; Motor index score; Spinal cord injuries; Spinal surgery; Surgical decompression

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS MEDULLARIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT DURATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; INJURY; INNERVATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL ROOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33745117986     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2006.11753854     Document Type: Article

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