Features of the lumbar spine on magnetic resonance images following sectioning of filum terminale: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 384-389

  Kim, Albert H ^a   Kasliwal, Manish K ^a   McNeish, Brendan ^a   Silvera, V Michelle ^a   Proctor, Mark R ^a   Smith, Edward R ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty filum terminale; Postoperative magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord retethering; Spine; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FILUM TERMINALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGOCELE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMENIGOCELE; RADIOLOGIST; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053553791     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.7.PEDS1127     Document Type: Article

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