The Chiari Severity index: A preoperative grading system for Chiari malformation type 1

Neurosurgery

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 279-285

  Greenberg, Jacob K ^a   Yarbrough, Chester K ^a   Radmanesh, Alireza ^a   Godzik, Jakub ^a   Yu, Megan ^a   Jeffe, Donna B ^b   Smyth, Matthew D ^a   Park, Tae Sung ^a   Piccirillo, Jay F ^a   Limbrick, David D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation type 1; Comparative effectiveness research; Outcome assessment (health care); Pediatric neurosurgery; Quality of life; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CHIARI SEVERITY INDEX; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939270702     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: 15244040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000608     Document Type: Article

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