Spinal cord tethering by aberrant nerve root in myelomeningocele: Case report

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 701-705

  Utsuki, Satoshi ^a   Yamada, Masaru ^a   Yamazaki, Tomoya ^a   Sato, Sumito ^a   Nakahara, Kuniaki ^a   Oka, Hidehiro ^a   Fujii, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aberrant nerve root; Caudal appendage; Myelomeningocele; Syringomyelia; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONUS MEDULLARIS; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NERVE ROOT; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; RADICULOPATHY; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 67349284290     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0801-7     Document Type: Article

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