Complex Chiari malformations in children: An analysis of preoperative risk factors for occipitocervical fusion: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-141

  Bollo, Robert J ^a   Riva Cambrin, Jay ^a   Brockmeyer, Meghan M ^a   Brockmeyer, Douglas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar invagination; Chiari malformation; Occipitocervical fusion; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CERVICAL ATLAS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864554833     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.3.PEDS11340     Document Type: Article

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