Clinical and radiological outcome of craniocervical osteo-dural decompression for Chiari I-associated syringomyelia

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-304

  Spena, Giannantonio ^a,d   Bernucci, Claudio ^b   Garbossa, Diego ^c   Valfrè, Walter ^c   Versari, Pietro ^a  

^a Civil Hospital   (Italy)

^b S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d Neurosurgery Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Duroplasty; Posterior fossa decompression; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956489002     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-010-0260-y     Document Type: Article

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