Posttraumatic syringomyelia - A serious complication in tetra- and paraplegic patients

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 93, 2005, Pages 165-167

  Jaksche, H ^a   Schaan, M ^a   Schulz, J ^a   Bosczcyk, B ^a  

^a BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

Author keywords

paraplegia; post traumatic syringomyelia; Spinal cord lesion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PARAPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85052608625     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-211-27577-0_29     Document Type: Article

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