Syringomyelia treated with a nonvalved syringoperitoneal shunt: A follow-up study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 858-865

  Lund Johansen, Morten ^a   Wester, Knut ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chiari; MRI; Shunt; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SYRINGOMYELIA; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0030812863     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199710000-00018     Document Type: Article

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