Microsurgical fenestration of perineural cysts to the thecal sac at the level of the distal dural sleeve

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 153, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1427-1434

  Neulen, Axel ^a,b   Kantelhardt, Sven R ^a,b   Pilgram Pastor, Sara M ^a   Metz, Imke ^a   Rohde, Veit ^a   Giese, Alf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meningeal cyst; Meningeal diverticulum; Sacral perineural cyst; Sacral radiculopathy; Tarlov cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MYELOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TARLOV CYST;

AGED; CAUDA EQUINA; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TARLOV CYSTS;

EID: 79959567864     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-011-1043-0     Document Type: Article

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