Thecal shunt placement for treatment of obstructive primary syringomyelia: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 581-588

  Lam, Sandi ^a,b   Batzdorf, Ulrich ^a   Bergsneider, Marvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 17 382 NPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid scar; Syringomyelia syrinx; Thecal shunt; Thecoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PLEURA CAVITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNTING; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA; THECAL SHUNT; THECOPERITONEUM SHUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CERVICAL SPINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849129801     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI.2008.10.08638     Document Type: Article

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