A new fiber-mediated carbon dioxide laser facilitates pediatric spinal cord detethering

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 280-284

  Browd, Samuel R ^a   Zauberman, Jacob ^a   Karandikar, Mahesh ^a   Ojemann, Jeffery G ^a   Avellino, Anthony M ^a   Ellenbogen, Richard G ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide laser; Dermoid; Flexible fiber; Lipomyelomeningocele; Tethered spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GAS FLOW; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIPOMA; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MICROSURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TERATOMA; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DERMOID CYST; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70049101954     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.PEDS08349     Document Type: Article

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