Incidence of symptomatic retethering after surgical management of pediatric tethered cord syndrome with or without duraplasty

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1085-1089

  Samuels, Roger ^a   McGirt, Matthew J ^a,b   Attenello, Frank J ^a,b   Garcés Ambrossi, Giannina L ^a,b   Singh, Neil ^a   Solakoglu, Can ^a,c   Weingart, Jon D ^a   Carson, Benjamin S ^a   Jallo, George I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Duraplasty; Pediatric; Retethering; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURAPLASTY; FATTY FILUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIPOMYELOMENINGOCELE; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBOSACRAL LIPOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRICS; PERICARDIUM; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY DURAL CLOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SPINAL CORD RETETHERING; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68349108042     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-0895-6     Document Type: Article

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