Issue 9/2013
Spinal Dysraphism: Embryogenesis and Management
Content (29 Articles)
Pediatric neurosurgery—science, art, and humility: reflection of personal experience
Tadanori Tomita
Genetic studies of myelomeningocele
Kazuaki Shimoji, Takaoki Kimura, Akihide Kondo, Yuichi Tange, Masakazu Miyajima, Hajime Arai
Folate and epigenetic mechanisms in neural tube development and defects
Sivan Vadakkadath Meethal, Kirk J. Hogan, Chandra S. Mayanil, Bermans J. Iskandar
Experimental models of spinal open neural tube defect and Chiari type II malformation
Ki-Bum Sim, Ji Yeoun Lee, Ji Hoon Phi, Seung-Ki Kim, Kyu-Chang Wang
Closed neural tube defects in children with caudal regression
Yasser Jeelani, Gina M. Mosich, J. Gordon McComb
Limited dorsal myeloschisis: a not-so-rare form of primary neurulation defect
Dachling Pang, John Zovickian, Sui-To Wong, Yong Jin Hou, Greg S. Moes
Surgical treatment of complex spinal cord lipomas
Dachling Pang, John Zovickian, Sui-To Wong, Yong Jin Hou, Greg S. Moes
Split cord malformation types I and II: a personal series of 131 patients
Yusuf Erşahin
Prevention of myelomeningocele: African perspectives
Taopheeq Bamidele Rabiu, Amos Olufemi Adeleye
Prenatal diagnosis of spinal dysraphism
Liat Ben-Sira, Catherine Garel, Gustavo Malinger, Shlomi Constantini
Primary and secondary management of the Chiari II malformation in children with myelomeningocele
Martina Messing-Jünger, Andreas Röhrig
Surgical decompression without dural opening for symptomatic Chiari type II malformation in young infants
Hideki Ogiwara, Nobuhito Morota
Myelomeningocele: the management of the associated hydrocephalus
G. Tamburrini, P. Frassanito, K. Iakovaki, F. Pignotti, C. Rendeli, D. Murolo, C. Di Rocco
Neuro-orthopaedic conditions in spina bifida: natural course and their management and long-term outcomes
Raj Kumar, Anant Mehrotra, Sumit Banerjee
Urodynamic studies in spinal cord tethering
James T. Kearns, Domenic Esposito, Beverly Dooley, David Frim, Mohan S. Gundeti
Recurrent tethered cord: radiological investigation and management
Massimo Caldarelli, Alessandro Boscarelli, Luca Massimi
Intraoperative neurophysiology in tethered cord surgery: techniques and results
Francesco Sala, Giovanna Squintani, Vincenzo Tramontano, Chiara Arcaro, Franco Faccioli, Carlo Mazza
Sacrococcygeal dimple: new classification and relationship with spinal lesions
Akira Gomi, Hirofumi Oguma, Rieko Furukawa
Occult spinal dysraphism: lessons learned by retrospective analysis of 149 surgical cases about natural history, surgical indications, urodynamic testing, and intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring
Laura Grazia Valentini, Giorgio Selvaggio, Alessandra Erbetta, Roberto Cordella, Maria Giovanna Pecoraro, Stefania Bova, Eleonora Boni, Elena Beretta, Marika Furlanetto
Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with spinal dysraphism: results from a Taiwanese sample
Jia-Chi Wang, Chih-Jou Lai, Tai-Tong Wong, Muh-Lii Liang, Hsin-Hung Chen, Rai-Chi Chan, Tsui-Fen Yang
Pathoembryogenesis of terminal myelocystocele: terminal balloon in secondary neurulation of the chick embryo
Ji Yeoun Lee, Saet Pyoul Kim, Shin Won Kim, Sung-Hye Park, Jung Won Choi, Ji Hoon Phi, Seung-Ki Kim, Dachling Pang, Kyu-Chang Wang