Craniovertebral junction realignment for the treatment of basilar invagination with syringomyelia: Preliminary report of 12 cases

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 512-517

  Goel, Atul ^a   Sharma, Praveen ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Basilar invagination; Chiari malformation; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

METAL; STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BASILAR INVAGINATION; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN REGION; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATYBASIA; SPINAL FUSION; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644440693     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.45.512     Document Type: Article

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