Surgical treatment of posttraumatic syringomyelia

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1120-1127

  Aghakhani, Nozar ^a   Baussart, Bertrand ^a   David, Philippe ^a   Lacroix, Catherine ^a   Benoudiba, Farida ^a   Tadie, Marc ^a   Parker, Fabrice ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Outcome; Posttraumatic syringomyelia; Shunt; Surgery; Untethering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTTRAUMATIC SYRINGOMYELIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SHUNTING; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA; VAQUERO INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARACHNOID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARAPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953098056     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000369609.30695.AB     Document Type: Review

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