Postnatal ascent of the cerebellar tonsils in Chiari malformation Type II following surgical repair of myelomeningocele

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-193

  Morota, Nobuhito ^a   Ihara, Satoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation type II; Decompression surgery; Hydrocephalus; Myelomeningocele; Neonatal surgery

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; TONSIL; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CERVICAL SPINE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MENINGOCELE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 54049094873     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/2/9/188     Document Type: Article

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