Endoscopic fenestration of posterior fossa arachnoid cyst for the treatment of presyrinx myelopathy - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 452-454

  Nomura, Sadahiro ^a   Akimura, Tatsuo ^a   Imoto, Hirochika ^a   Nishizaki, Takafumi ^a   Suzuki, Michiyasu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Fenestration; Neuroendoscope; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FENESTRATION; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036773842     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.42.452     Document Type: Article

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