A simple technique for expansive suboccipital cranioplasty following foramen magnum decompression for the treatment of syringomyelia associated with Chiari I malformation

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-177

  Takayasu, Masakazu ^a   Takagi, Teruhide ^a   Hara, Masahito ^b   Anzai, Masaoki ^c  

^a Okazaki City Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Iwata City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Cranioplasty; Foramen magnum decompression; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPLASTY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FORAMEN MAGNUM DECOMPRESSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENINGOCELE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMENINGOCELE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142691872     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-004-0338-5     Document Type: Article

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