Idiopathic spinal cord herniation: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-94

  Sasani, Mehdi ^a   Ozer, Ali F ^a   Vural, Metin ^a   Sarioglu, Ali C ^a  

^a AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brown S quard syndrome; Dural defect; Duraplasty; Myelopathy; Pseudomeningocele; Spasticity; Spinal cord herniation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SPINAL CORD HERNIATION; LAMINECTOMY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SWELLING; VERTEBRA BODY; HERNIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW;

BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 63049099862     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2009.11760757     Document Type: Article

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