Spontaneous herniation of the spinal cord: Operative technique and follow-up in 10 cases - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 438-443

  Hassler, Werner ^a   Al Kahlout, Eyad ^a   Schick, Uta ^a,b  

^a Wedau Kliniken   (Germany)

^b Neurosurgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brown S quard syndrome; Spinal cord herniation; Ventral dural defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DURA MATER; EDEMA; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYRINGOMYELIA; HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149149381     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI.2008.9.11.438     Document Type: Article

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