Expansive duraplasty for the treatment of spinal extradural arachnoid cysts: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-255

  Kikuta, Ken Ichiro ^a   Hojo, Masato ^a   Gomi, Masanori ^a   Hashimoto, Nobuo ^a   Nozaki, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Duraplasty; Extradural cyst; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DURAPLASTY; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL ARACHNOID; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; DURA MATER; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; DURA MATER; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645737827     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.3.251     Document Type: Article

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