1984•Orthopedics & TraumatologyOpen access
A case of diastematomyelia.
Yasuhiro Fujita, Tooru Akiayma, Kenichiro Shibata, Tetsuo Ono, Toshihide Oishi, Hideya Kawamura, Tetsuro Isayama
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Abstract
Diastematomyelia is an uncommon congenital malformation in which a septum of, bony, cartilagenous or fibrous tissue extends dorsoventrally through the spinal canal and between portions of either a partially duplicated or split spinal cord. We are presenting here a case of diastematomyelia in children. To prevent the irreversible and progressive neurological damage of diastematomyelia, prophylactic operation was performed.
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