Perioperative outcomes and complications associated with allogeneic duraplasty for the management of Chiari malformations Type i in 48 pediatric patients: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-149

  Foreman, Paul ^a   Safavi A Bbasi, Sam ^a   Talley, Melanie C ^a   Boeckman, Lindsay ^a   Mapstone, Timothy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation Type I; Complication; Duraplasty; Hospital stay; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ACELLULAR TISSUE MATRIX; ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK PAIN; NEUROSURGERY; POSTERIOR FOSSA DECOMPRESSION AND DURAPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYRINGOMYELIA; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864540750     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.5.PEDS11406     Document Type: Article

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