Comparison of section of filum terminale and non-neurosurgical management for urinary incontinence in patients with normal conus position and possible occult tethered cord syndrome

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 550-555

  Steinbok, Paul ^a,b,c   Kariyattil, Rajeev ^a,b   MacNeily, Andrew E ^a,b  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery   (Canada)

Author keywords

Filum terminale; Occult tethered cord syndrome; Surgery; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LEG; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL APPROACH; TERMINAL FILUM; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 34548830818     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000290902.07943.E6     Document Type: Article

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