Tethered cord syndrome in adulthood

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 272-278

  Düz, Bulent ^a   Gocmen, Selcuk ^a   Secer, Halil Ibrahim ^a   Basal, Seref ^a   Gönül, Engin ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult; Dermal sinus; Filum terminale syndrome; Lipomyelomeningocele; Meningocele; Split cord malformation; Syringomyelia; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FILUM TERMINALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG PAIN; LIPOMYELOMENINGOCELE; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYRINGOMYELIA; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 50849123760     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2008.11760722     Document Type: Article

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