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Meningocele

Known as: Meningocele [Disease/Finding], Meningeal Herniation, Herniations, Meningeal 
A congenital or acquired protrusion of the meninges, unaccompanied by neural tissue, through a bony defect in the skull or vertebral column.
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Congenital meningoceleLATERAL MENINGOCELE SYNDROMEMeningocele, TraumaticSacral Agenesis Syndrome
In BloodMicrobiologicalRudimentary Meningocelechemically induced

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Review
2014
Review
2014
Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair: The Post-MOMS Experience at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Background: Fetal myelomeningocele (fMMC) repair has become accepted as a standard of care option in selected circumstances. We… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Craniocervical developmental anatomy and its implications
IntroductionCongenital and developmental osseous abnormalities and anomalies that affect the craniocervical junction complex can… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
A critical analysis of the Chiari 1.5 malformation.
OBJECT Although the traditional nomenclature used to describe hindbrain hernias is useful, there are certainly patients in whom… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
The natural history of lumbar disc herniation and radiculopathy.
  • M. Benoist
  • Joint, bone, spine : revue du rhumatisme
  • 2002
  • Corpus ID: 19696052
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Hindbrain herniation develops in surgically created myelomeningocele but is absent after repair in fetal lambs.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of our study was to determine whether prenatal repair of myelomeningocele prevents or reverses hindbrain… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Improvement in hindbrain herniation demonstrated by serial fetal magnetic resonance imaging following fetal surgery for myelomeningocele.
CONTEXT Hindbrain herniation occurs in a large percentage of children with myelomeningocele and is the leading cause of death in… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Reduced Hindbrain Herniation after Intrauterine Myelomeningocele Repair: A Report of Four Cases
Background: It has been theorized that fetal myelomeningocele repair may reduce ongoing intrauterine injury and perhaps allow… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Basilar invagination in osteogenesis imperfecta and related osteochondrodysplasias: medical and surgical management.
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a heritable disorder of bone development caused by defective collagen synthesis. Basilar… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Transforaminal arthroscopic decompression of lateral recess stenosis.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of arthroscopic decompression of lateral recess stenosis… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Symptoms and Signs of Sciatica and Their Relation to the Localization of the Lumbar Disc Herniation
Neurologic symptoms and signs in patients with sciatica were prospectively studied and compared with myelographic and operative… 
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