A modified technique for syringo-subarachnoid shunt for treatment of syringomyelia

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 677-679

  Colak, Ahmet ^a   Boran, Burak O ^a   Kutlay, Murat ^a   Demirican, Nusret ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cerebrospinal fluid shunt; Chiari malformation; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA; SYRINGOSUBARACHNOID SHUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGES; SYRINGOMYELIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 23944513565     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.09.015     Document Type: Article

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