Urgent surgical intervention in pediatric patients with Chiari malformation Type I: Report of two cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 49-52

  Wellons III, John C ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Bui, Cuong J ^a   Grabb, Paul A ^c   Oakes, W Jerry ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Memorial Hospital Central   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Hindbrain herniation; Pediatric neurosurgery; Tonsillar ectopia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY; ENCEPHALOCELE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; ENCEPHALOCELE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SYRINGOMYELIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547660520     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED-07/07/049     Document Type: Article

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