Journal article
Chiari I Malformations and Hydromyelia – Complications
Pediatric neurosurgery, Vol.17(3), pp.146-154
07/2004
DOI: 10.1159/000120586
PMID: 1819330
Abstract
The Chiari I malformation is associated with a hydromyelic cavity in 55–75% of patients. In the author’s series (1977–1991), hydromyelia occurred in 111 of 131 patients (85%). There were 35 children. Posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty and fourth ventricle to subarachnoid shunt was made in all patients with Chiari I malformation with hydromyelia. The obex connection to the cervical cord central canal was closed with muscle, if widely patent. Eighty-five percent showed sustained objective improvement. The precautions taken to avoid complications and a literature review are tabulated for easy reference.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Chiari I Malformations and Hydromyelia – Complications
- Creators
- Arnold H Menezes
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Pediatric neurosurgery, Vol.17(3), pp.146-154
- Publisher
- Basel, Switzerland
- DOI
- 10.1159/000120586
- PMID
- 1819330
- ISSN
- 1016-2291
- eISSN
- 1423-0305
- Number of pages
- 9
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2004
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984040489402771
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