Spinal dysraphism with anorectal malformation: lumbosacral magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of 120 patients

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 769-776

  Kim, Seong Min ^a   Chang, Hye Kyung ^a   Lee, Mi Jung ^a   Shim, Kyu Won ^a   Oh, Jung Tak ^a   Kim, Dong Seok ^a   Kim, Myung Joon ^a   Han, Seok Joo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anorectal malformation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sacral ratio; Spinal dysraphism; Tethered spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLOACA MALFORMATION; DETETHERING SURGERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINEUM; PERINEUM FISTULA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOURETHRAL FISTULA; RECTOVESICAL FISTULA; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; VESTIBULAR FISTULA;

ANAL CANAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL FISTULA; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; ROC CURVE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 77950489727     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.10.094     Document Type: Article

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