Neurological outcome after surgical management of adult tethered cord syndrome: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-309

  Garcés Ambrossi, Giannina L ^a,b   McGirt, Matthew J ^a,b,c   Samuels, Roger ^a,b   Sciubba, Daniel M ^a,b   Bydon, Ali ^a,b   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a,b   Jallo, George I ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Outcome; Rate; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; LAMINECTOMY; LIPOMA; LIPOMYELOMENINGOCELE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PAIN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 70049103985     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.SPINE08265     Document Type: Article

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