Management of cervicomedullary compression in patients with congenital and acquired osseous-ligamentous pathologies

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 540-549

  Kotil, Kadir ^a   Kalayci, Murat ^b   Bilge, Turgay ^a  

^a HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acquired osseous ligamentous pathologies; Cervicomedullary compression; Congenital; Craniovertebral junction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASILAR IMPRESSION; BONE DISEASE; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CERVICOMEDULLARY COMPRESSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDYLUS TERTIUS; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIGAMENT DISEASE; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; OS ODONTEIDEUM; OSSEOUS LIGAMENTOUS ABNORMALITY; PHARYNX DISEASE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VALOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; DECISION TREES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 34047246524     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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