Variation in Outcome in Tethered Cord Syndrome
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Variation in Outcome in Tethered Cord Syndrome
STUDY DESIGN Fifty patients surgically treated for tethered cord syndrome (TCS) were retrospectively studied at Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi from 2010 until 2014. PURPOSE To assess the common presentations of TCS in our part of the world and the surgical outcome of the different presentations. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE TCS is a stretch-induced functional disorder of the spinal cord with ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Spine Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1976-1902,1976-7846
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2016.10.4.711