Spinal cord traction, vascular compromise, hypoxia, and metabolic derangements in the pathophysiology of tethered cord syndrome

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Filippidis, Aristotelis S ^a   Kalani, M Yashar ^a   Theodore, Nicholas ^a   Rekate, Harold L ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Filum terminale; Metabolism; Pathophysiology; Tethered cord; Traction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW; CAUDA EQUINA; DISEASE MODEL; ELASTICITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BIOMECHANICS; CAUDA EQUINA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77956165013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.FOCUS1085     Document Type: Article

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