Surgical treatment of craniocervical decompression without Chiari malformation in syringomyelia

Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 109-111

  Yilmaz, Nebi ^a   Kiymaz, Nejmi ^a   Mumcu, Çiǧdem ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cisterna magna; Craniocervical decompression; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CHRONIC DISEASE; CISTERNA MAGNA; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DURA MATER; FASCIA LATA; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROSURGERY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARESTHESIA; SYRINGOMYELIA; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 30044452060     PISSN: 00182052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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