Syringo-subarachnoido-peritoneal Shunting for the Treatment of Syringohydromyelia
Özlem Sarıoğlu, Kemal Avlar, M. Murat Taşkın, Engin Ozar, İsmail Kara, Çağatay Kemerli
Article No:
11
Article Type :
Case Report
The authors reported a case of syringohydrornyella without Chiari malformation whose symptoms were severe suboccipital and cervical pain and sensorial impairment in his right arm. Syringo-subarachnoido-peritoneal shunting was performed to collapse cystic cavity. Preoperative and postoperative clinical findings (both objective and subjective) and cervicodorsal MRI findings are discussed. The patient improved both neurologically and radiologically after surgery. This result indicated that syringo-subarachrıoido-peritoneal shunting is effective in reversing neurological deterioration in patients with syringohydromyelia without Chiari malformations.
Keywords :
Syringohydromyelia, syrinx, sh ıınt, treatment
Dusunen Adam : The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences :
1999;12:69-71
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