Quadriparesis due to the delayed formation of a compressive epidural cerebrospinal fluid collection following suboccipital craniectomy with duraplasty for Chiari malformation Type I: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 450-453

  Oberer, Daniel M ^a   Aaronson, Oran S ^b   Cheng, Joseph S ^b  

^a CAROLINA NEUROSURGERY AND SPINE ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation Type I; Complication; Duraplasty; Epidural cerebrospinal fluid collection; Quadriparesis; Suboccipital craniectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CHIARI MALFORMATION TYPE 1; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIECTOMY; DURAPLASTY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; SUBOCCIPITAL CRANIECTOMY;

EID: 35348832848     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI-07/10/450     Document Type: Conference Paper

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