Chiari malformation: Has the dilemma ended?

Chiari malformation as a clinical entity has been described more than hundred years ago. The concepts regarding pathogenesis, clinical features and management options have not yet conclusively evolved. Considering that a variety of treatment methods are being adopted to treat Chiari malformation is...

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Autores principales: Shah, Abhidha Harshad, Dhar, Arjun, Elsanafiry, Mohamed Said Mohamed, Goel, Atul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5763584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29403239
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcvjs.JCVJS_138_17
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Dhar, Arjun
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Goel, Atul
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description Chiari malformation as a clinical entity has been described more than hundred years ago. The concepts regarding pathogenesis, clinical features and management options have not yet conclusively evolved. Considering that a variety of treatment methods are being adopted to treat Chiari malformation is suggestive of the fact that confusion still reigns supreme in the minds of treating clinicians. Over the years, the understanding of Chiari malformation has changed from a disease process to a natural protective phenomenon and the treatment from decompression to fixation.
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spelling pubmed-57635842018-02-05 Chiari malformation: Has the dilemma ended? Shah, Abhidha Harshad Dhar, Arjun Elsanafiry, Mohamed Said Mohamed Goel, Atul J Craniovertebr Junction Spine Review Article Chiari malformation as a clinical entity has been described more than hundred years ago. The concepts regarding pathogenesis, clinical features and management options have not yet conclusively evolved. Considering that a variety of treatment methods are being adopted to treat Chiari malformation is suggestive of the fact that confusion still reigns supreme in the minds of treating clinicians. Over the years, the understanding of Chiari malformation has changed from a disease process to a natural protective phenomenon and the treatment from decompression to fixation. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5763584/ /pubmed/29403239 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcvjs.JCVJS_138_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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