Evaluation of operative procedures for symptomatic outcome after decompression surgery for Chiari type i malformation

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1268-1272

  Kalb, Samuel ^a   Perez Orribo, Luis ^b   Mahan, Mark ^a   Theodore, Nicholas ^a   Nakaji, Peter ^a   Bristol, Ruth E ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arachnoid; Chiari I malformation; Decompression; Duraplasty; Outcome

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHILD; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DURAPLASTY; DUROTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOID; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865045534     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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