Increased complications without neurological benefit are associated with prophylactic spinal cord untethering prior to scoliosis surgery in children with myelomeningocele

Purpose Children with myelomeningocele (MMC) are at increased risk of developing neuromuscular scoliosis and spinal cord re-tethering (Childs Nerv Syst 12:748-754, 1996 ; Neurosurg Focus 16:2, 2004 ; Neurosurg Focus 29:1, 2010 ). Some centers perform prophylactic untethering on asymptomatic MMC pati...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Child's nervous system 2019-11, Vol.35 (11), p.2187-2194
Hauptverfasser:	Goldstein, Hannah E., Shao, Belinda, Madsen, Peter J., Hartnett, Sara M., Blount, Jeffrey P., Brockmeyer, Douglas L., Campbell, Robert M., Conklin, Michael, Hankinson, Todd C., Heuer, Gregory G., Jea, Andrew H., Kennedy, Benjamin C., Tuite, Gerald F., Rodriguez, Luis, Feldstein, Neil A., Vitale, Michael G., Anderson, Richard C. E.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Medicine Medicine & Public Health Neurosciences Neurosurgery Original Article
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