Neurological deterioration after foramen magnum decompression for Chiari malformation Type I: Old or new pathology? Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 538-547

  Klekamp, Jörg ^a  

^a Christliches Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arachnoiditis; Basilar invagination; Chiari malformation; Craniocervical instability; Degenerative disc disease; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOIDITIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870674182     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.9.PEDS12110     Document Type: Article

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