Long-term follow-up of chiari-related syringomyelia in adults: Analysis of 157 surgically treated cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 308-315

  Aghakhani, Nozar ^a   Parker, Fabrice ^a   David, Philippe ^a   Morar, Silvia ^a   Lacroix, Catherine ^a   Benoudiba, Farida ^a   Tadie, Marc ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Outcome; Surgery; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHIARI RELATED SYRINGOMYELIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOM; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449154474     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000336768.95044.80     Document Type: Article

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