Book[edited by] Shokei Yamada.
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.].