Surgical results of posterior fossa decompression for patients with Chiari I malformation

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 349-356

  Navarro, Ramon ^a   Olavarria, Greg ^a   Seshadri, Roopa ^a   Gonzales Portillo, Gabriel ^a   McLone, David G ^a   Tomita, Tadanori ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Hydromyelia; Posterior fossa decompression; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DURA MATER; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROMYELIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DURA MATER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942722857     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0883-1     Document Type: Article

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