Aggressive surgical management of patients with chiari II malformation and brainstem dysfunction

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 337-344

  Rahman, Maryam ^a   Perkins, Leigh Ann ^a   Pincus, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari II malformation; Myelomeningocele; Occipitocervical decompression; Occipitocervical fusion; Odontoid process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL FUSION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449512983     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000257521     Document Type: Article

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