Tethered cord syndrome in children and adults / [edited by] Shokei Yamada.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yamada, Shokei.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spinal cord--Abnormalities.

Spinal cord.

Neural Tube Defects.

Medical Subjects:

Neural Tube Defects.

Physical Description:

xxii, 265 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Thieme ; Rolling Meadows, Ill. : American Association of Neurosurgeons, [2010]

Contents:

Introduction to the tethered cord syndrome / Shokei Yamada

Normal spinal cord development and the embryogenesis of spinal cord tethering malformations / Mark S. Dias and Elias B. Rizk

Pathophysiology of the tethered cord syndrome / Shokei Yamada ... [et al.]

Neurologic assessment of tethered spinal cord / Sanford Schneider

Imaging of tethered spinal cord / David B. Hinshaw ... [et al.]

Ultrasonographic evaluation of tethered cord syndrome / Marvin D. Nelson Jr

Urological aspect of tethered cord syndrome I : lower urinary tract dysfunction in tethered cord syndrome / H. Roger Hadley ... [et al.]

Urological aspect of tethered cord syndrome II : clinical experience in urological involvement with tethered cord syndrome / Antoine E. Khoury

The cervical tethered spinal cord / Kenji Muro, Arthur J. DiPatri Jr., and David G. McLone

Indication and treatment of tethered spinal cord / James M. Drake and Harold J. Hoffman

Tethered cord syndrome associated with myelomeningoceles and lipomyelomeningoceles / Shokei Yamada ... [et al.]

The role of folate supplementation in spina bifida occulta / Elias Rizk and Bermans J. Iskandar

In utero repair of myelomeningoceles / Nalin Gupta

Epidermoid and dermoid tumors associated with tethered cord syndrome / David S. Knierim, Daniel J. Won, and Shokei Yamada

Tethered cord syndrome in adult and late-teenage patients without neural spinal dysraphism / Shokei Yamada ... [et al.]

Tethered cord syndrome in adults with spina bifida occulta / Sharad Rajpal, Samir B. Lapsiwala, and Bermans J. Iskandar

The normal position of the conus medullaris does not exclude a tethered spinal cord / R. Shane Tubbs and W. Jerry Oakes

Anomalies of the spinal cord length and filum thickness / Shokei Yamada, Javed Siddiqi, and Shoko M. Yamada

Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring of the lower sacral nerve roots and spinal cord / Dachling Pang

Clinical neurophysiology of tethered cord syndrome and other dysraphic syndromes / Robin L. Gilmore, Sun Ik Lee, and John Walsh

Conservative versus surgical treatment and prognostic evaluation for tethered cord syndrome / Shokei Yamada ... [et al.].

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Tethered cord syndrome / edited by Shokei Yamada. c1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781604062410

160406241X

OCLC:

370605540