Preoperative predictors for improvement after surgical untethering in occult tight filum terminale syndrome

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 256-261

  Fabiano, Andrew J ^a   Khan, Mohammed F ^a   Rozzelle, Curtis J ^b   Li, Veetai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Occult tight filum terminale syndrome; Spinal cord; Surgical untethering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS MEDULLARIS; FEMALE; FILUM TERMINALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INFANT; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT TIGHT FILUM TERMINALE SYNDROME; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION; URODYNAMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67650480193     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000228983     Document Type: Article

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