Different surgical treatment techniques used by neurosurgeons and orthopedists for syringomyelia caused by Chiari i malformation in Japan

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 588-592

  Sakushima, Ken ^a   Hida, Kazutoshi ^a   Yabe, Ichiro ^a   Tsuboi, Satoshi ^b   Uehara, Ritei ^b   Sasaki, Hidenao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nationwide survey; Neurosurgery; Orthopedics; Surgical procedure; Syringomyelia; Technique

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISSECTION; DURA MATER; DURAL DISSECTION; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FORAMEN MAGNUM DECOMPRESSION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROSURGEON; ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878559876     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.3.SPINE12837     Document Type: Article

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