Is atlantoaxial instability the cause of Chiari malformation? Outcome analysis of 65 patients treated by atlantoaxial fixation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 116-127

  Goel, Atul ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Atlantoaxial fixation; Basilar invagination; Cervical; Chiari malformation; Foramen magnum decompression; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOAXIAL FIXATION; ATLANTOAXIAL INSTABILITY; BASILAR INVAGINATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE DURATION; DURAPLASTY; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; SYRINGOMYELIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927172137     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.10.SPINE14176     Document Type: Article

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