Intramedullary pressure in syringomyelia: Clinical and pathophysiological correlates of syrinx distension

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1102-1110

  Milhorat, Thomas H ^a,b,c   Capocelli Jr , Anthony L ^a,b,c   Kotzen, Rene M ^a,b,c   Bolognese, Paolo ^a,b,c   Heger, Ian M ^a,b,c   Cottrell, James E ^a,b,c  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intramedullary pressure; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Spinal cord blood flow; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DYSESTHESIA; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PULSE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESPIRATION; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030720081     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199711000-00014     Document Type: Article

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