Treatment of management of the Chiari II malformation: An evidence-based review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 375-381

  Tubbs, Richard Shane ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hindbrain herniation; Management; Spina bifida; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CRANIECTOMY; DATA BASE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; DATABASES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (U.S.); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REVIEW LITERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242876325     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-0969-4     Document Type: Review

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