Surgical treatment of chiari I malformation complicated with syringomyelia

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 333-337

  Bao, Changshun ^a   Yang, Fubing ^a   Liu, Liang ^a   Wang, Bing ^a   Li, Dingjun ^a   Gu, Yingjiang ^a   Zhang, Shuling ^a   Ligang, Chen ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Duraplasty; Posterior fossa decompression; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN SURGERY; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM TONSIL HERNIA; CERVICAL SPINE; CISTERNA MAGNA; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DURAPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL BONE WINDOW DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL SYRINX; SPINE DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869427817     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2012.784     Document Type: Article

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