Complications related to the surgical management of patients with myelomeningocele

Complications of Pediatric and Adult Spinal Surgery

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 677-686

  Ibrahim, Denise T ^a   Sarwark, John F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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