Cranio-cervical decompression for Chiari type I-malformation, adding extreme lateral Foramen Magnum opening and expansile duroplasty with arachnoid preservation. Technique and long-term functional results in 44 consecutive adult cases - Comparison with literature data

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1005-1019

  Bagnall, Wendy ^a   Sharpe, Paul M ^a   Newham, Peter ^a   Tart, Johnathan ^a   Mott, Richard A ^a   Torr, Vanessa R ^a   Forder, Robert A ^a   Needham, Maurice R C ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiari type I malformation; Foramen magnum decompression; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARACHNOID; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DISABILITY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROSURGERY; PERIOSTEUM GRAFT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARACHNOID; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SYRINGOMYELIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036033772     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s701-002-8289-9     Document Type: Article

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