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Spinal compression in childhood : the University of Cape Town experience
Aim: A retrospective study of cases of childhood spinal compression over a 30-year period (1963-1992) was undertaken in order to determine the trend in incidence, aetiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Patients and Methods: The study includes children less than 15 years of age who were treat...
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| description | Aim: A retrospective study of cases of childhood spinal compression over a 30-year period (1963-1992) was undertaken in order to determine the trend in incidence, aetiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Patients and Methods: The study includes children less than 15 years of age who were treated for spinal compression at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Maitland Cottage Hospital and Groote Schuur Hospital. Children who had tuberculosis of the spine without a neurological deficit, were excluded. The study also excludes dysraphism and non-compressive causes of paraplegia, such as Guillain-Barre Syndrome and poliomyelitis. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/26275 Spinal compression in childhood : the University of Cape Town experience Buwembo, Joseph E Peter, Jonathan Spinal Cord Compression - Infant Spinal Cord Compression - Child Neurosurgery Aim: A retrospective study of cases of childhood spinal compression over a 30-year period (1963-1992) was undertaken in order to determine the trend in incidence, aetiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Patients and Methods: The study includes children less than 15 years of age who were treated for spinal compression at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Maitland Cottage Hospital and Groote Schuur Hospital. Children who had tuberculosis of the spine without a neurological deficit, were excluded. The study also excludes dysraphism and non-compressive causes of paraplegia, such as Guillain-Barre Syndrome and poliomyelitis. 2017-11-15T07:50:47Z 2017-11-15T07:50:47Z 1996 2017-04-03T14:24:45Z Master Thesis Masters MMed http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26275 eng application/pdf Division of Neurosurgery Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Spinal Cord Compression - Infant Spinal Cord Compression - Child Neurosurgery Buwembo, Joseph E Spinal compression in childhood : the University of Cape Town experience |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Spinal compression in childhood : the University of Cape Town experience |
| title_full | Spinal compression in childhood : the University of Cape Town experience |
| title_fullStr | Spinal compression in childhood : the University of Cape Town experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spinal compression in childhood : the University of Cape Town experience |
| title_short | Spinal compression in childhood : the University of Cape Town experience |
| title_sort | spinal compression in childhood the university of cape town experience |
| topic | Spinal Cord Compression - Infant Spinal Cord Compression - Child Neurosurgery |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26275 |
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