Ultrasonography reveals a high prevalence of lower spinal dysraphism in children with urogenital anomalies

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 624-628

  Koo, B N ^a   Hong, J Y ^b   Song, H T ^a   Kim, J M ^a   Kil, H K ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONUS MEDULLARIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FILUM TERMINALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SPINAL LIPOMA; TELEPHONE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; CAUDA EQUINA; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 84862826086     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02612.x     Document Type: Review

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