Lumbosacral nerve root anomaly associated with spondylolisthesis in an adolescent: A case report and review of the literature

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Davidson, Darin ^a   Rowan, Robert ^b   Reilly, Christopher ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lumbosacral nerve root; Pediatric; Spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADOLESCENT; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 33748350057     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000232808.09107.f4     Document Type: Review

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