Dura splitting decompression in Chiari type 1 malformation: Clinical experience and radiological findings

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 465-470

  Chauvet, Dorian ^a,b   Carpentier, Alexandre ^a   George, Bernard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Dura splitting; Foramen magnum decompression; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIZZINESS; DURA SPLITTING DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCELE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRONE POSITION; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949111975     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-009-0214-4     Document Type: Article

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