Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 154-160 , September 2006

Surgical Management of Meningeal Cysts, Including Perineural (Tarlov) Cysts and Meningeal Diverticula

  • Frank Feigenbaum, MD

      Affiliations

    • Midwest Neurosurgery Associates, Kansas City, Missouri.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Frank Feigenbaum, MD, Midwest Neurosurgery Associates, 6420 Prospect, Suite T411, Kansas City, Missouri 64132.
    • ,
  • Fraser Henderson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

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PII: S1040-7383(06)00049-9

doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2006.06.004

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 154-160 , September 2006

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