Potential of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the evaluation of patients with tethered cord syndrome following surgery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2006, Pages 396-402

  Sharma, Uma ^a   Pal, Kamalesh ^a   Pratap, Akshay ^a   Gupta, Devendra K ^a   Jagannathan, Naranamangalam R ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Detethering surgery; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Pediatric neurosurgery; Spinal dysraphism; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALANINE; CHOLINE; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LAMINECTOMY; LIPOMENINGOMYELOCELE; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TETHERED FATTY FILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845662816     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.3.396     Document Type: Article

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