Treatment of the Occult Tethered Spinal Cord for Neuropathic Bladder: Results of Sectioning the Filum Terminale

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 1826-1830

  Metcalfe, P D ^a   Luerssen, T G ^a   King, S J ^a   Kaefer, M ^a   Meldrum, K K ^a   Cain, M P ^a   Rink, R C ^a   Casale, A J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder; neural tube defects; neurogenic; urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 33747884724     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.04.090     Document Type: Article

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