Cervical spinal motion before and after surgery in patients with Chiari malformation Type I associated with syringomyelia

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 473-477

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

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hachinohe Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c Hirosaki Kensei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal motion; Chiari malformation; Foramen magnum decompression; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM TONSIL; CERVICAL SPINE; CHIARI MALFORMATION TYPE 1; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 35948950617     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI-07/11/473     Document Type: Article

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