Progressive kyphoscoliosis associated with tethered cord treated by posterior vertebral column resection: A case report

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 26, 2009, Pages

  Matsumoto, Morio ^a   Watanabe, Kota ^a   Tsuji, Takashi ^a   Ishii, Ken ^a   Takaishi, Hironari ^a   Nakamura, Masaya ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kyphoscoliosis; Posterior vertebral column resection; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RESECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOTOMY; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTERIOR VERTEBRAL COLUMN RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74249113395     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181af7a6a     Document Type: Article

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