Spinal cord herniation: A misdiagnosed and treatable cause of thoracic myelopathy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1991-1996

  Zairi, Fahed ^a   Thines, Laurent ^a   Bourgeois, Philippe ^a   Dereeper, Olivier ^b   Assaker, Richard ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Department of Neurology   (France)

Author keywords

Dural defect; Dural graft; Herniation; Myelopathy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MENINX DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD HERNIATION; THORACIC MYELOPATHY;

ADULT; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 78149416086     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-010-0773-8     Document Type: Article

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