Suboccipital bony decompression combined with removal of the dural band as treatment for Chiari I malformation

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1274-1277

  Zhou, Da Biao ^a   Zhao, Ji Zong ^a   Zhang, Dong ^a   Zhao, Yuan Li ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arnold Chiari malformation; Decompression, surgical; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHIARI I MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DURA MATER; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPEROSTOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SNEEZING; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4444279551     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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