Thoracic spinal cord herniation: Case report and technical note

Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-89

  Ulivieri, Simone ^a   Oliveri, Giuseppe ^a   Petrini, Carlo ^a   D'Elia, Francesco ^b   Cuneo, Gian Luca ^b   Cerase, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dural defect; Idiopathic spinal cord herniation; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DURA MATER; HERNIA; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65949103184     PISSN: 00283843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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