A comparison of techniques for myelomeningocele defect closure in the neonatal period

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1535-1541

  Kobraei, Edward M ^a   Ricci, Joseph A ^a   Vasconez, Henry C ^b   Rinker, Brian D ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fasciocutaneous; Myelomeningocele; Myocutaneous; Neural tube defect; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL FLAPS;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84906935185     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-014-2430-7     Document Type: Article

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