Rapid enlargement of a syringomyelia cavity following syringo-subarachnoid shunt: Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 366-369

  Takayasu, Masakazu ^a   Shibuya, Masato ^a   Kouketsu, Naoki ^a   Suzuki, Yoshio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal arachnoiditis; Syringo peritoneal shunt; Syringo subarachnoid shunt; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0029869544     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0090-3019(95)00303-7     Document Type: Article

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