Syringo-Subarachnoid Shunt for the Treatment of Persistent Syringomyelia Following Decompression for Chiari Type I Malformation: Surgical Results

Soleman, Jehuda; Roth, Jonathan; Bartoli, Andréa; Rosenthal, Daniel; Korn, Akiva; Constantini, Shlomi

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.08.002

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English

Syringo-Subarachnoid Shunt for the Treatment of Persistent Syringomyelia Following Decompression for Chiari Type I Malformation: Surgical Results

ContributorsSoleman, Jehuda; Roth, Jonathan; Bartoli, Andréa; Rosenthal, Daniel; Korn, Akiva; Constantini, Shlomi

Published inWorld Neurosurgery, vol. 108, p. 836-843

Publication date2017

Abstract

Approximately 30% of patients treated with foramen magnum decompression (FMD) for Chiari I-associated syringomyelia will show persistence, recurrence, or progression of the syrinx.

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Arnold-Chiari Malformation/diagnostic imaging/surgery
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts/methods
Child
Child, Preschool
Decompression, Surgical/methods
Disease Progression
Female
Humans
Kyphosis/epidemiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications
Retrospective Studies
Subarachnoid Space/surgery
Surgical Wound Dehiscence/epidemiology
Syringomyelia/diagnostic imaging/surgery
Young Adult

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département des neurosciences cliniques

Research group

Groupe Schaller Karl Lothard (neurochirurgie) (851)

Citation (ISO format)

SOLEMAN, Jehuda et al. Syringo-Subarachnoid Shunt for the Treatment of Persistent Syringomyelia Following Decompression for Chiari Type I Malformation: Surgical Results. In: World Neurosurgery, 2017, vol. 108, p. 836–843. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.08.002

Article (Published version)

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PID : unige:112581
DOI : 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.08.002
PMID : 28807779

ISSN of the journal1878-8750

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Syringo-Subarachnoid Shunt for the Treatment of Persistent Syringomyelia Following Decompression for Chiari Type I Malformation: Surgical Results

Approximately 30% of patients treated with foramen magnum decompression (FMD) for Chiari I-associated syringomyelia will show persistence, recurrence, or progression of the syrinx.

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