Transverse microincisions of the outer layer of the dura mater combined with foramen magnum decompression as treatment for syringomyelia with Chiari I malformation

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 134-139

  Gambardella, G ^a   Caruso, G ^a   Caffo, M ^a   Germano A ^a   La Rosa, G ^a   Tomasello, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chiari I malformation; Foramen magnum decompression; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031913696     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050074     Document Type: Article

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