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Symptomatic Cerebellar Ptosis After Wide Foramen Magnum Decompression for Chiari I Malformation. [PDF]

open access: yesCureus, 2023
We present the case of a 22-year-old who developed severe neck pain within two weeks after undergoing posterior fossa decompression for a symptomatic Chiari I malformation. A diagnosis of cerebellar ptosis was made after magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and he underwent a partial cranioplasty, following which his symptoms resolved.
Shankar A   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Rationale, design, and methods of a randomized, controlled, open-label clinical trial with open-label extension to investigate the safety of vosoritide in infants, and young children with achondroplasia at risk of requiring cervicomedullary decompression surgery

open access: yesScience Progress, 2021
Achondroplasia causes narrowing of the foramen magnum and the spinal canal leading to increased mortality due to cervicomedullary compression in infants and significant morbidity due to spinal stenosis later in adulthood.
Ravi Savarirayan   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

An inexpensive foramen magnum decompression training tool: Feasibility and validation study. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Neurosci Rural Pract, 2023
Foramen magnum decompression (FMD) is a standard neurosurgical procedure, typically utilized to treat Chiari malformation. The aim of this educational project was to develop and validate a low-cost FMD simulation training model. Mold-based methods were used to develop a prototype.
Moncur EM, Murphy M, Craven CL.
europepmc   +3 more sources

European Achondroplasia Forum guiding principles for the detection and management of foramen magnum stenosis

open access: yesOrphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2023
Foramen magnum stenosis is a serious, and potentially life-threatening complication of achondroplasia. The foramen magnum is smaller in infants with achondroplasia, compared with the general population, and both restricted growth in the first 2 years and
Melita Irving   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intra-articular Distraction Versus Decompression to Treat Basilar Invagination Without Atlantoaxial Dislocation: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 54 Patients [PDF]

open access: yesNeurospine, 2023
Objective The surgical management of basilar invagination without atlantoaxial dislocation (type B basilar invagination) remains controversial. Hence, we have reported the use of posterior intra-articular C1–2 facet distraction, fixation, and cantilever ...
Boyan Zhang   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Craniocervical junction abnormalities with atlantoaxial subluxation caused by ventral subluxation of C2 in a dog [PDF]

open access: yesOpen Veterinary Journal, 2017
Craniocervical junction abnormalities with atlantoaxial subluxation caused by ventral subluxation of C2 were diagnosed in a 6-month-old female Pomeranian with tetraplegia as a clinical sign.
Harumichi Itoh   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neurological deterioration after posterior fossa decompression for adult syringomyelia: Proposal for a summarized treatment algorithm

open access: yesFrontiers in Surgery, 2022
BackgroundPatients with syringomyelia who present with new neurological symptoms after posterior fossa decompression (PFD) are not uncommon. However, systematic reports on different pathologies are few in the literature.ObjectiveThe purpose of this study
Chenghua Yuan   +69 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anestesia pada Tindakan Dekompresi Foramen Magnum pada Pasien dengan Malformasi Arnold Chiari

open access: yesJurnal Neuroanestesi Indonesia, 2013
Malformasi Arnold Chiari tipe 1 adalah pergeseran tonsil serebellum kearah kaudal kanalis spinalis tulang belakang servikal melalui foramen magnum. Siringomielia adalah gangguan degeneratif progresif yang ditandai dengan amiotropi brakhial dan kehilangan
Nazaruddin Umar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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