Spinal cord herniation: Management and outcome in a series of 12 consecutives patients and review of the literature

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 723-730

  Prada, Francesco ^a   Saladino, Andrea ^a   Giombini, Sergio ^a   Erbetta, Alessandra ^a   Saini, Marco ^a   DiMeco, Francesco ^a,b   Lodrini, Sandro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dural defect; Medullary herniation; Myelopathy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUTOGRAFT; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD HERNIATION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862666532     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-011-1265-1     Document Type: Review

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