Improvement of obstructive sleep apneas caused by hydrocephalus associated with Chiari malformation type II following surgery: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 336-339

  Luigetti, Marco ^a   Losurdo, Anna ^a   Dittoni, Serena ^a   Testani, Elisa ^a   Colicchio, Salvatore ^a   Gnoni, Valentina ^a   Farina, Benedetto ^b   Scarano, Emanuele ^a   Zampino, Giuseppe ^a   Mariotti, Paolo ^a   Rendeli, Claudia ^a   Di Rocco, Concezio ^a   Massimi, Luca ^a   Della Marca, Giacomo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation type II; Hydrocephalus; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Polysomnography

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT; VERTEBRAL CANAL; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; COMPLICATION; PATHOLOGY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957896554     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.7.PEDS10207     Document Type: Article

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