Symptom recurrence after suboccipital decompression for pediatric Chiari I malformation: Analysis of 256 consecutive cases

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1333-1339

  McGirt, Matthew J ^a   Attenello, Frank J ^a   Atiba, April ^a   Garces Ambrossi, Giannina ^a   Datoo, Ghazala ^a   Weingart, Jon D ^a   Carson, Benjamin ^a   Jallo, George I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Outcome; Predictors; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN HERNIA; CHILD; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTIGO;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

EID: 52749099142     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0651-3     Document Type: Article

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