Surgical management of Chiari malformation: Analysis of 128 cases

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 375-381

  Guo, Fuyou ^a   Wang, Meiyun ^a   Long, Jiang ^a   Wang, Huaili ^a   Sun, Hongwei ^a   Yang, Bo ^a   Song, Laijun ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chiari malformations; Postoperative complications; Suboccipital decompression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CHILD; CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34548385295     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106386     Document Type: Article

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