Clinical Urological Outcomes Following Primary Tethered Cord Release in Children Younger Than 3 Years

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 4 SUPPLEMENT, 2007, Pages 1738-1743

  Macejko, Amanda M ^a   Cheng, Earl Y ^a   Yerkes, Elizabeth B ^a   Meyer, Theresa ^a   Bowman, Robin M ^a   Kaplan, William E ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder; neural tube defects; spinal dysraphism; urination disorders; urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; CONSTIPATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSRAPHISM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; LIPOMATOUS DYSRAPHISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URODYNAMICS; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 34548414103     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.193     Document Type: Article

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