Factors affecting the outcomes in children post-myelomeningocoele repair in northeastern peninsular Malaysia

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-59

  Idris, Badrisyah ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Children; Myelomeningocoele; Neural tube defects; Neurosurgery; Spina bifida; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SEPSIS; SPHINCTER; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TENDON REFLEX; URINE INCONTINENCE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 79551515129     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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