Spinal cord tethering following myelomeningocele repair: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 498-505

  Mehta, Vivek A ^a   Bettegowda, Chetan ^a   Ahmadi, Sebastian A ^b   Berenberg, Petra ^b   Thomale, Ulrich Wilhelm ^b   Haberl, Ernst Johannes ^b   Jallo, George I ^a   Ahn, Edward S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Myelomeningocele; Scoliosis; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 78649731203     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.8.PEDS09491     Document Type: Article

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