Focal spinal arachnoiditis increases subarachnoid space pressure: A computational study

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 579-584

  Bilston, L E ^a   Fletcher, D F ^b   Stoodley, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arachnoiditis; Subarachnoid space pressure; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ARACHNOIDITIS; SPINAL CORD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE PRESSURE; SYRINGOMYELIA; SYRINX FORMATION;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ARACHNOID; SPINAL CORD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ARACHNOIDITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 33744528179     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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