Diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord herniation: A combined experience

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 294-302

  Barrenechea, Ignacio J ^b   Lesser, Jonathan B ^b   Gidekel, Alberto L ^b   Turjanski, Leon ^b   Perin, Noel I ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Spinal cord herniation; Spinal lesion; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN DAMAGE; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SYRINGOMYELIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750717205     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.5.4.294     Document Type: Review

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