Surgery for spinal cord lipomas

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-362

  Kasliwal, Manish K ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Conservative management; Lipomyelomeningocele; Occult spinal dysraphism; Results; Spinal lipoma; Surgery; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS LIPOMA; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FILUM LIPOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIPOMA; LIPOMENINGOMYELOCELE; LIPOMYELOCYSTOCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL LIFE; SPINAL CORD LIPOMA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CHILD; INFANT; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPOMA; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248138330     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-007-0060-8     Document Type: Article

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