Craniocervical junction fusions in patients with hindbrain herniation and syringohydromyelia

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Fenoy, Albert J ^a   Menezes, Arnold H ^a   Fenoy, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation Type I; Craniocervical fusion; Dorsal fusion; Syringohydromyelia

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE GRAFT; BONE MALFORMATION; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL FUSION; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 46749108780     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/9/7/001     Document Type: Article

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