Evaluating the effect of decompression surgery on cerebrospinal fluid flow and intracranial compliance in patients with chiari malformation with magnetic resonance imaging flow studies

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1344-1350

  Sivaramakrishnan, Anusha ^a   Alperin, Noam ^a   Surapaneni, Sushma ^a   Lichtor, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid flow; Chiari malformation; Cine phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging; Decompression surgery; Intracranial compliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPLIANCE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKULL; SPINAL CANAL;

EID: 10044224786     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000143612.60114.2D     Document Type: Article

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