Syringomyelia persistence after chiari decompression as a result of pseudomeningocele formation: Implications for syrinx pathogenesis: Report of three cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 945-948

  Paré, Laura S ^a   Batzdorf, Ulrich ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari I malformation; Hindbrain herniation; Suboccipital pseudomeningocele; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0031780423     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199810000-00125     Document Type: Article

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