Surgical outcomes of foramen magnum decompression for syringomyelia associated with Chiari i malformation: Relation between the location of the syrinx and body pain

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-304

  Ono, Atsushi ^a   Numasawa, Takuya ^a   Wada, Kanichiro ^a   Yokoyama, Toru ^a   Takeuchi, Kazunari ^a   Suetsuna, Futoshi ^b   Ueyama, Kazumasa ^c   Toh, Satoshi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hachinohe Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c Hirosaki Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LIMB PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYRINGOMYELIA; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FIRST CERVICAL VERTEBRA; LAMINECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CERVICAL ATLAS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYRINGOMYELIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956477249     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-010-1462-4     Document Type: Article

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