Surgical outcomes in adult patients with syringomyelia associated with Chiari malformation Type I: The relationship between scoliosis and neurological findings

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 216-221

  Ono, Atsushi ^a   Suetsuna, Futoshi ^b   Ueyama, Kazumasa ^c   Yokoyama, Toru ^a   Aburakawa, Shuichi ^a   Numasawa, Takuya ^a   Wada, Kanichiro ^a   Toh, Satoshi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hachinohe Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c Hirosaki Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation Type I; Decompression; Foramen magnum; Scoliosis; Surgical outcome; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SCOLIOSIS; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FORAMEN MAGNUM; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOLIOSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047174823     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.3.216     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Barbaro NM, Wilson CB, Gutin PH, Edwards MS: Surgical treatment of syringomyelia. Favorable results with syringoperitoneal shunting. J Neurosurg 61:531-538, 1984
2. Batzdorf U: Chiari I malformation with syringomyelia. Evaluation of surgical therapy by magnetic resonance imaging. J Neurosurg 68:726-730, 1988
3. Fujii K, Natori Y, Nakagaki H, Fukui M: Management of syringomyelia associated with Chiari malformation: comparative study of syrinx size and symptoms by magnetic resonance imaging. Surg Neurol 36:281-285, 1991
4. Garcia-Uria J, Leunda G, Garrillo R, Bravo G: Syringomyelia: long-term results after posterior fossa decompression. J Neurosurg 54:380-383, 1981
5. Ghanem IB, Londono C, Delalande O, Dubousset JF: Chiari I malformation associated with syringomyelia and scoliosis. Spine 22:1313-1318, 1997
6. Grant R, Hadley DM, Lang D, Condon B, Johnston R, Bone I, et al: MRI measurement of syrinx size before and after surgery. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 50:1685-1687, 1987
7. Hida K, Iwasaki Y, Koyanagi I, Sawamura Y, Abe H: Surgical indication and results of foramen magnum decompression versus syringosubarachnoid shunting for syringomyelia associated with Chiari I malformation. Neurosurgery 37:673-679, 1995
8. Hirabayashi K, Miyakawa J, Satomi K, Maruyama T, Wakano K: Operative results and postoperative progression of ossification among patients with ossification of cervical posterior longitudinal ligament. Spine 6:354-364, 1981
9. Isu T, Iwasaki Y, Akino M, Abe H: Hydrosyringomyelia associated with a Chiari I malformation in children and adolescents. Neurosurgery 26:591-597, 1990
10. Isu T, Sasaki H, Takamura H, Kobayashi N: Foramen magnum decompression with removal of the outer layer of the dura as treatment for syringomyelia occurring with Chiari I malformation. Neurosurgery 33:845-850, 1993
11. Ito J, Harata S, Ueyama K, Sato T, Sannohe A, Den I, et al: [Surgical treatment for Chiari malformation.] Rinsho Seikei Geka 30:367-371, 1995 (Jpn)
12. Levy WJ, Mason L, Hahn JF: Chiari malformation presenting in adults: a surgical experience in 127 cases. Neurosurgery 12: 377-390, 1983
13. Milhorat TH, Johnson WD, Miller JI: Syrinx shunt to posterior fossa cisterns (syringocisternostomy) for bypassing obstructions of upper cervical theca. J Neurosurg 77:871-874, 1992
14. Ono A, Ueyama K, Okada A, Echigoya N, Yokoyama T, Harata S: Adult scoliosis in syringomyelia associated with Chiari I malformation. Spine 27:E23-E28, 2002
15. Peerless SJ, Durward QJ: Management of syringomyelia: a pathophysiological approach. Clin Neurosurg 30:531-536, 1983
16. Phillips TW, Kindt GW: Syringoperitoneal shunt for syringomyelia. Surg Neurol 16:462-466, 1981
17. Suetsuna F, Fujii K, Masuya M, Numasawa T, Akita M: [Foramen magnum decompression with removal of the outer layer of the dura mater for Chiari malformation.] Seikei Geka 53: 23-27, 2002 (Jpn)
18. Tokunaga M, Minami S, Isobe K, Moriya H, Kitahara H, Nakata Y: Natural history of scoliosis in children with syringomyelia. J Bone Joint Surg Br 83:371-376, 2001
19. Van Calenbergh F, Hoorens G, Van den Bergh: Syringomyelia: a retrospective study Part II: diagnostic and therapeutic approach. Acta Neurol Belg 90:100-110, 1990
20. Vaquero J, Martinez R, Arias A: Syringomyelia-Chiari complex: magnetic resonance imaging and clinical evaluation of surgical treatment. J Neurosurg 73:64-68, 1990
21. Vassilouthis J, Papandreou A, Anagnostaras S, Pappas J: The coperitoneal shunt for syringomyelia: report of three cases. Neurosurgery 33:324-328, 1993
22. Vengsarkar US, Panchal VG, Tripathi PD: Percutaneous thecoperitoneal shunt for syringomyelia. Report of three cases. J Neurosurg 74:827-831, 1991
23. Yonenobu K, Abumi K, Nagata K, Taketomi E, Ueyama K: Interobserver and intraobserver reliability of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association scoring system for evaluation of cervical compression myelopathy. Spine 26:1890-1895, 2001