Chiari I malformation associated with ventral compression and instability: One-stage posterior decompression and fusion with a new instrumentation technique

Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1430-1435

  Nishikawa, Misao ^a   Ohata, Kenji ^a   Baba, Motoki ^b   Terakawa, Yuzou ^a   Hara, Mitsubiro ^a   Benzel, Edward C ^c   McCormick, Paul C ^c   Sonntag, Volker K H ^c   Traynelis, Vincent C ^c  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Higashisaitama National Hospital   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Basilar invagination; Chiari malformation; Diploic screw; Instrumentation; Occipitocervical fixation; Posterior fossa decompression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATLAS; BASILAR ARTERY; BONE SCREW; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; COMPRESSION; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 2542518588     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000125326.15525.B8     Document Type: Article

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