Treatment of syringomyelia associated with arachnoid scarring caused by arachnoiditis or trauma

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 233-240

  Klekamp, Jörg ^a   Batzdorf, Ulrich ^b   Samii, Madjid ^b   Werner Bothe, Hans ^b  

^a NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

arachnoiditis; cerebrospinal fluid; extracellular fluid; spinal trauma; syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL RISK; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0030999056     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.2.0233     Document Type: Article

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