Midcervical flexion myelopathy after posterior fossa surgery in the sitting position: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 819-822

  Haisa, Toshihiko ^a   Kondo, Tatsuya ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flexion; Myelopathy; Posterior fossa surgery; Sitting position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; DIPLOPIA; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 0029869503     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199604000-00037     Document Type: Article

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