Surgical treatment of post-traumatic syringomyelia

Spinal Cord

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 710-713

  Ushewokunze, S O S ^a   Gan, Y C ^a   Phillips, K ^a   Thacker, K ^a   Flint, G ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cerebrospinal fluid conduit; laminectomy; outcome; post traumatic syringomyelia; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES; SYRINGOMYELIA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956338645     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.17     Document Type: Article

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