Surgical treatment in a patient with Klippel-Feil syndrome and anterior cervical meningomyelocele: a case report and review of literature.

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Abstract

Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is considered a rare developmental disorder characterized by mono- or multisegmental fusion of the cervical vertebrae which is frequently associated with diverse non-osseous, e.g. neural, visceral, cardiopulmonary and genitourinary development anomalies. Anterior cervical meningomyelocele (MMC) in KFS has only been described in two previous patients, both with non-surgical treatment.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Eur Spine J

Title: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISSN (Electronic): 1432-0932

ISSN (Print): 0940-6719

Publication date (Electronic): May 2013

Volume: 22 Suppl 3

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[1 ] Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A1, 48149, Muenster, Germany. benjamin.brokinkel@ukmuenster.de

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DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2769-6

PMC ID: 3641272

PubMed ID: 23580057

SO-VID: 2e0e4ba1-646f-4a93-aaee-8d1f92b588f8

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