Two cases of adult tethered cord syndrome with surgical treatment

Acta Urologica Japonica

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 841-844

  Takei, Kazushiro ^a   Suzuki, Koichi ^a   Kito, Hiroki ^a   Naito, Hitoshi ^a   Mochizuki, Makondo ^a  

^a Numazu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult; Spinal cord; Tethered cord syndrome; Untethering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER COMPLIANCE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOMA; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICTURITION DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS;

EID: 33846092746     PISSN: 00181994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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