Clinical significance and prognosis of idiopathic syringomyelia

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 372-375

  Nakamura, Masaya ^a,b   Ishii, Ken ^a   Watanabe, Kota ^a   Tsuji, Takashi ^a   Matsumoto, Morio ^b   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a School of Medicine   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Idiopathic; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prognosis; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHUNTING; SYRINGOMYELIA; SYRINGOSUBARACHNOID SHUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049114662     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181761543     Document Type: Article

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