A simple technique for expansive suboccipital cranioplasty following foramen magnum decompression for the treatment of syringomyelia associated with Chiari I malformation

The benefits of osteoplastic suboccipital craniotomies over the traditional suboccipital craniectomies have been recognized. We describe a simple method of expansive suboccipital cranioplastic craniotomy using a free bone flap and report satisfactory clinical results in 16 patients with syringomyeli...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neurosurgical review 2004-07, Vol.27 (3), p.173-177
Hauptverfasser:	Takayasu, Masakazu, Takagi, Teruhide, Hara, Masahito, Anzai, Masaoki
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Arnold-Chiari Malformation - complications Craniotomy - methods Decompression, Surgical - methods Female Follow-Up Studies Foramen Magnum - surgery Humans Male Middle Aged Syringomyelia - etiology Syringomyelia - surgery Treatment Outcome
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