Suboccipital craniectomy with or without duraplasty: What is the best choice in patients with Chiari type 1 malformation?;Craniectomia suboccipital com ou sem duroplastia: Qual a melhor escolha em pacientes com malformação de Chiari tipo 1?

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 623-626

  Romero, Flávio Ramalho ^a   Pereira, Clemente Augusto de Brito ^b  

^a HOSPITAL IPIRANGA   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chiari type 1; Duraplasty; Suboccipital craniectomy; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DURAPLASTY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957292708     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2010000400027     Document Type: Article

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