Spine-shortening vertebral osteotomy in a patient with tethered cord syndrome and a vertebral fracture. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-66

  Kanno, Haruo ^a   Aizawa, Toshimi ^a   Ozawa, Hiroshi ^a   Hoshikawa, Takeshi ^a   Itoi, Eiji ^a   Kokubun, Shoichi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Sendai Nishitaga Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Spinal osteotomy; Tethered cord syndrome; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONUS MEDULLARIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; OSTEOTOMY; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 46749123022     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/9/7/062     Document Type: Article

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