Rapid reduction of syrinx associated with traumatic intracranial hypotension by direct surgery -case report-

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 66-70

  Ohtonari, Tatsuya ^a   Nishihara, Nobuharu ^a   Ota, Taisei ^a   Kobanawa, Satoshi ^a   Ota, Shinzo ^a   Danjo, Wataru ^b   Koyama, Tsunemaro ^c  

^a Subaru Health Insurance Society Ota Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Clinical Institute for Spinal Disorders   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidural blood patch; Intracranial hypotension; Surgery; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

GELATIN SPONGE;

ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BRAIN HERNIA; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLIVUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DURA MATER; HEADACHE; HIP INJURY; HYPOPHYSIS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LAMINA PROPRIA; LIQUORRHEA; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; PONS; SYRINGOMYELIA; VERTEBRA BODY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ARACHNOID CYSTS; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYRINGOMYELIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449242705     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.49.66     Document Type: Article

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