Time course of syringomyelia resolution following decompression of Chiari malformation Type I

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-123

  Wetjen, Nicholas M ^a,b   Heiss, John D ^b,c   Oldfield, Edward H ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation Type I; Outcome assessment; Pediatric neurosurgery; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CALCULATION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SYRINGOMYELIA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARESTHESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; SYRINGOMYELIA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40849102937     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/1/2/118     Document Type: Article

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