Syringopleural shunt as a rescue procedure in patients with syringomyelia refractory to restoration of cerebrospinal fluid flow

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 471-476

  Cacciola, Francesco ^a   Capozza, Matteo ^a   Perrini, Paolo ^a   Benedetto, Nicola ^a   Di Lorenzo, Nicola ^a  

^a c/o Centro Tramautologico Ortopedico ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Shunting surgery; Syringomyelia; Syringopleural shunting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SHUNTING; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69549135977     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000350871.47574.DE     Document Type: Article

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