Posttraumatic spinal cord tethering and syringomyelia: Surgical treatment and long-term outcome - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 445-460

  Falci, Scott P ^a,c   Indeck, Charlotte ^a   Lammertse, Daniel P ^a,b  

^a CRAIG HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyst; Spinal cord injury; Spinal cord tethering; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SELF EVALUATION; SENSORY CORTEX; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SYRINGOMYELIA; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349651203     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.SPINE09333     Document Type: Article

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