When Is Duraplasty Required in the Surgical Treatment of Chiari Malformation Type I Based on Tonsillar Descending Grading Scale?

YILMAZ, Adem; KANAT, AYHAN; MUSLUMAN, Ahmet; COLAK, Ibrahim; Terzi, Yuksel; KAYACI, SELİM; AYDIN, Yunus

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2010.09.005

When Is Duraplasty Required in the Surgical Treatment of Chiari Malformation Type I Based on Tonsillar Descending Grading Scale?

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YILMAZ A., KANAT A., MUSLUMAN A. M., COLAK I., Terzi Y., KAYACI S., ...More

WORLD NEUROSURGERY, vol.75, no.2, pp.307-313, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 75 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2011
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.09.005
Journal Name: WORLD NEUROSURGERY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.307-313
Keywords: Cerebellar tonsillar descent grading, Chiari malformation type I, Posterior fossa decompression duraplasty, POSTERIOR-FOSSA DECOMPRESSION, COMMUNICATING SYRINGOMYELIA, SUBOCCIPITAL DECOMPRESSION, MANAGEMENT, CHILDREN, HYDROMYELIA, ANOMALIES, SECTION
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of duraplasty based on cerebellar tonsillar descent (CTD) grade in the surgical treatment of Chiari malformation type I (CM-I).