Reevaluation of syringosubarachnoid shunt for syringomyelia with Chiari malformation

Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 407-413

  Iwasaki, Yoshinobu ^a   Hida, Kazutoshi ^a   Koyanagi, Izumi ^a   Abe, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Shunt malfunction; Syringomyelia; Syringosubarachnoid shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORDOTOMY; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNTING; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0033951083     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200002000-00026     Document Type: Article

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