Delayed pseudomyelomeningocele: a rare complication after foramen magnum decompression for Chiari malformation

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 357-361

  Belen, Deniz ^a   Er, Uygur ^a   Gurses, Levent ^a   Yigitkanli, Kazim ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arachnoiditis; Chiari malformation; Foramen magnum; Pseudomyelomeningocele; Spinal cord; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDOMYELOMENINGOCELE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60649120274     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.08.031     Document Type: Article

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