Surgical experience in 130 pediatric patients with Chiari I malformations

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 291-296

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a   McGirt, Matthew J ^b   Oakes, W Jerry ^b  

^a Pediatric Neurosurgery   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain herniation; Children; Ectopia; Hindbrain; Posterior fossa decompression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; ODONTOID PROCESS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYRINGE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0042345038     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.99.2.0291     Document Type: Article

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