Duraplasty or not? An evidence-based review of the pediatric Chiari i malformation

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-40

  Hankinson, Todd ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^a   Wellons, John C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Dura mater; Hindbrain herniation; Neurosurgery; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DURA MATER; DURAPLASTY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROSURGERY; PARAMETER; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DURA MATER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 78951488761     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-010-1295-7     Document Type: Review

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