Institutional experience with 500 cases of surgically treated pediatric Chiari malformation type I

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 248-256

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a   Beckman, Joshua ^a   Naftel, Robert P ^a   Chern, Joshua J ^a   Wellons III, John C ^a   Rozzelle, Curtis J ^a   Blount, Jeffrey P ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hindbrain hernia; Pediatric neurosurgery; Posterior fossa; Tonsillar ectopia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK PAIN; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SYRINGOMYELIA; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952954466     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.12.PEDS10379     Document Type: Article

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