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suboccipital decompression
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what is 'suboccipital decompression'?
Definition for Suboccipital decompression
Suboccipital decompression is a medical procedure used for such diagnoses as: syringomyelia, Arnold-Chiari malformation type 1.
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diagnosis
syringomyelia
damage to spinal cord by progressively enlarging cavity in its center
Suboccipital decompression and syringomyelia
Arnold-Chiari malformation type 1
downward protrusion of cerebellum through skull foramen
Suboccipital decompression and Arnold-Chiari malformation type 1
related procedure for 'suboccipital decompression'/associated diagnoses
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CT scan
Suboccipital decompression and CT scan
Fourth ventriculostomy
Suboccipital decompression and Fourth ventriculostomy
surgical decompression
Suboccipital decompression and surgical decompression
CT Myelogram
Suboccipital decompression and CT Myelogram
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt
Suboccipital decompression and Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt
Cerebrospinal Fluid analysis
Suboccipital decompression and Cerebrospinal Fluid analysis
Cerebrospinal Fluid opening pressure
Suboccipital decompression and Cerebrospinal Fluid opening pressure
Cervical radiography
Suboccipital decompression and Cervical radiography
Cine phase-contrast MRI
Suboccipital decompression and Cine phase-contrast MRI
Evoked potential somatosensory
Suboccipital decompression and Evoked potential somatosensory
Gadolinium-enhanced MRI
Suboccipital decompression and Gadolinium-enhanced MRI
Laminectomy
Suboccipital decompression and Laminectomy
Lumbar Puncture
Suboccipital decompression and Lumbar Puncture
Lumboperitoneal shunt
Suboccipital decompression and Lumboperitoneal shunt
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Suboccipital decompression and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Magnetic resonance arteriography (MRA)
Suboccipital decompression and Magnetic resonance arteriography (MRA)
Neuroendoscopic surgery
Suboccipital decompression and Neuroendoscopic surgery
Physical and Occupational Therapy
Arthritis Physical and Occupational Therapy
Suboccipital decompression and Physical and Occupational Therapy
Spinal Cord decompression
Suboccipital decompression and Spinal Cord decompression
Syringoperitoneal shunt
Suboccipital decompression and Syringoperitoneal shunt
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ibuprofen
Suboccipital decompression and ibuprofen
indomethacin
Suboccipital decompression and indomethacin
mefenamic acid
Suboccipital decompression and mefenamic acid
methocarbamol
Suboccipital decompression and methocarbamol
naproxen
Suboccipital decompression and naproxen
piroxicam
Suboccipital decompression and piroxicam
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Suboccipital decompression and c: pain medications
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Suboccipital decompression for Chiari malformation-associated scoliosis ...
Suboccipital decompression for Chiari malformation-associated scoliosis: risk ... suboccipital decompression was performed to treat for CM-I during a 10-year ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18518696?ordinalpos=2&ito...
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Technical Modifications of Suboccipital Craniectomy for Prevention of ...
... decompression (MVD) through a modified suboccipital craniectomy with a minimum ... Suboccipital craniectomy, vestibular nerve, microvascular decompression, ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1151675
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Clinical Study: 00-N-0089, Genetic Analysis of the Chiari I Malformation
Clinical Study Summary Sheet for 00-N-0089 ... volume and response to suboccipital decompression in patients with Chirari I malformation ...
http://clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov/detail/A_2000-N-0089.html
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Foramen magnum decompression for cervicomedullary encroachment in ...
... Foramen magnum decompression was performed via suboccipital craniectomy, C1-C2 ... CONCLUSION: Foramen magnum decompression can be used to treat life-threatening ...
http://www.be-md.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9316062
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Resolution of acute acquired comitant esotropia after suboccipital ...
... esotropia successfully treated with suboccipital decompression in a 9-year-old ... 9 months after suboccipital decompression, diplopia resolved and there ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11992882?ordinalpos=2&ito...
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Prospective assessment of risks for cervicomedullary-junction ...
... sufficient craniocervical junction compression to require surgical decompression. ... of need for suboccipital decompression included lower-limb hyperreflexia ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1801157
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14624085 2003 11 19 2004 10 13 2006 09 18 1528-1159 28 22 2003 Nov 15 ...
... review of the effect of suboccipital decompression and duraplasty on ... clinical improvement in the scoliotic deformity after suboccipital decompression. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14624085
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Significant Scoliosis Regression following Syringomyelia Decompression
... Regression following Syringomyelia Decompression. Case Report ... the effect of suboccipital decompression on scoliosis curve progression: a preliminary study. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1888773
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Achondroplasia -- GeneReviews -- NCBI Bookshelf
... apnea; suboccipital decompression as indicated ... Suboccipital decompression. ... of need for suboccipital decompression include lower-limb hyperreflexia ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=gene&part=achondroplasia
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Scoliosis associated with syringomyelia: analysis of MRI and curve ...
... greater than 40° before suboccipital decompression have either been fused or ... after suboccipital decompression, at final follow-up eight curves were of a ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2078323
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Neurofibromatosis type II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... (also known as the suboccipital) approach offers some opportunity for ... the IAC (internal auditory canal) decompression, a middle fossa approach is ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurofibromatosis_type_II
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Achondroplasia
obstructive sleep apnea; suboccipital decompression as indicated for lower-limb hyperreflexia ... Suboccipital decompression. The best predictors of need for ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/picrender.fcgi?book=ge...
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Decompressive craniectomy in pediatric patients
Surgical decompression provides rapid relief of increased intracranial pressure ... Suboccipital decompression for posterior fossa pathology is not controversial. ...
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This article in PubMed
16955035 2006 09 06 2006 09 28 1524-4040 59 3 2006 Sep Neurosurgery Endoscopic ... brain edema 2 days after ETV, and suboccipital decompression was performed. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16955035
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Program ...
Among these are patients requiring decompression in whom recurrence is unlikely ... "The Lateral Suboccipital or Retrosigmoid Approach for Acoustic Neurinoma Surgery" ...
http://consensus.nih.gov/1991/1991AcousticNeuroma087html.htm
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PMID 17786002
... in different-aged patients with CMs undergoing posterior fossa decompression. ... CONCLUSIONS: Suboccipital decompression and duraplasty with autogenous bone ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17786002
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Current Abstracts
Microvascular decompression for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial ... The lateral suboccipital infrafloccular approach is directed through the ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1151674
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C1-C2 arthrodesis after transoral odontoidectomy and suboccipital ...
... rate of failure with suboccipital decompression alone in the presence of ... provides a definitive circumferential decompression but also significantly ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18629549?ordinalpos=2&ito...
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Virtual Cisternoscopy: 3D MRI Models of the Cerebellopontine Angle for ...
The images shown include the CPA cistern as seen from the suboccipital surgical approach. ... a 3D format to determine the need for microvascular decompression. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1151677
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Combined Pre- and Retrosigmoid Approach for Petroclival Meningiomas ...
For the suboccipital approach, the patient's head is fixed 30 to 60 degrees in ... Near the last stage of the decompression procedure, the rest of the tumor is ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1151694
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Thanatophoric Dysplasia
to control seizures, shunt placement for hydrocephaly, suboccipital decompression for relief ... Suboccipital decompression for relief of craniocervical ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/picrender.fcgi?book=ge...
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Unusual Tumors of the Posterior Fossa Skull Base
Left suboccipital craniectomy and almost total excision of the involved ... Both intradural and extradural decompression were performed with removal of the ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1502038
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Algie vasculaire de la face - Wikipédia
Décompression microvasculaire du trijumeau, sans hypoesthésie dans le territoire ... Suboccipital injection with a mixture of rapid- and long-acting steroids in ...
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algie_vasculaire_de_la_face
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Preliminary anatomic investigation of three approaches to the equine ...
Three basic approaches were used: rostrotentorial, suboccipital, and transfrontal. ... culture and surgical drainage or decompression of the affected area through ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17614932?ordinalpos=69&it...
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Current algorithm for the surgical treatment of facial pain
... decompression of cranial nerves, percutaneous rhizotomies using ... microvascular decompression (MVD) through suboccipital craniotomy, independently ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1976607
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Treatment of cervical myelopathy in patients with the fibromyalgia ...
... laminectomy with or without instrumented fusion or suboccipital decompression ... tonsillar herniation is likely to lead to surgical decompression. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2200733
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The Treatment Outcome of Elderly Patients with Idiopathic Trigeminal ...
... decompression After general anesthesia, conventional suboccipital craniectomy was done. ... 2nd Microvascular Decompression Surgery in the United States, ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2588323
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Prospective assessment of risks for cervicomedullary-junction ...
... sufficient craniocervical junction compression to require surgical decompression. ... of need for suboccipital decompression included lower-limb hyperreflexia ...
http://www.be-md.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7887429
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Thanatophoric Dysplasia -- GeneReviews -- NCBI Bookshelf
... hydrocephaly, suboccipital decompression for relief of craniocervical junction ... Suboccipital decompression for relief of craniocervical junction constriction ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=gene&part=td
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Chronic recurrent subarachnoid hemorrhage from a trigeminal nerve ...
He underwent left-sided suboccipital craniotomy for macroscopically total tumor removal. ... Decompression, Surgical. Facial Nerve Diseases/diagnosis. Facial ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16883153
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9167781 1997 06 23 1997 06 23 2004 11 17 0090-3019 47 6 1997 Jun ...
Repeat decompression of the trigeminal nerve was the main goal of reoperation, which was done via a suboccipital approach. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9167781
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Surgical Treatment of Chiari I Malformation: Simplified Technique and ...
A suboccipital craniectomy is performed, followed by a cervical laminectomy ... Zeidman SM, Craniovertebral decompression for Chiari malformation. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1131847
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Surgical management of nystagmus
Journal List > J R Soc Med > v.95(5); May 2002. Full Text. PDF (63K) ... 4 of 5 cases of Arnold?Chiari malformation following suboccipital decompression. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1279676
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Neurovascular compression of the trigeminal and glossopharyngeal nerve ...
Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia by suboccipital and transtentorial cranial operations. ... treated by microvascular decompression: a long-term follow ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1718296
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Traumatic Entrapment of the Vertebrobasilar Junction Due to a ...
A decompressive suboccipital craniectomy was performed and the patient gradually ... The patient underwent surgical decompression and removal of the hematoma. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2526400
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Aneurysms of Distal Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery
On day 3, she underwent midline suboccipital craniotomy. ... These symptoms are known to be improved with neurovascular decompression procedures18) ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2588322
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Acoustic neuromas after failed radiation therapy: challenges of ...
Cases were performed with suboccipital and translabyrinthine approaches. ... Decompression of the internal auditory canal (IAC) dura and resection of ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15630374
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Early decompressive craniectomy and duraplasty for refractory ...
... 6 (cerebellar contusion), a suboccipital craniectomy and duraplasty was ... Ventrikular pressure monitoring during bilateral decompression with dural expansion. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=374370
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Posterior fossa size & volume in kids predicting later symptoms
... useful in selecting symptomatic patients for surgical decompression. ... four (55%) of these patients were symptomatic with scoliosis (38%), suboccipital ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17657497?ordinalpos=2&ito...
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Dimensions of the posterior fossa in patients symptomatic for Chiari I ...
... microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia with no ... volume and response to suboccipital decompression in patients with Chiari I malformation. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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A case of intracranial hypoglossal neurinoma without hypoglossal nerve ...
... performed via a lateral suboccipital craniotomy and C1 partial ... Decompression, Surgical. Female. Headache/etiology. Humans. Hypoglossal Nerve/pathology ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18058647
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[Vagoglossopharyngeal neuralgia]
... re-operation (microvascular decompression of the medulla) with ... the first cervical spinal nerve (during lateral suboccipital puncture), point to ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1863245
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Fatal cerebellar herniation secondary to Camurati-Englemann's disease.
Suboccipital craniotomy and cervical laminectomy were performed in a patient ... In spite of surgical decompression, the patient expired on the fourth ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1032928
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Neurogenic hypertension: etiology and surgical treatment. I ...
Treatment by vascular decompression of the medulla was performed ... Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia by suboccipital and transtentorial cranial operations. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1250685
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Posterior Cranial Fossa Gangliogliomas
... removed through a midline suboccipital craniotomy and supracerebellar approach. ... a supracerebellar approach to provide tumor decompression and tissue sample. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2039715
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Hemifacial Spasm: A Neurosurgical Perspective
... procedures were performed via a lateral retrosigmoid suboccipital approach. ... After the neurovascular decompression, the dura mater can be closed in the ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2588188
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Hemifacial spasm: a prospective long-term follow up of 83 cases treated ...
... patients with HFS who underwent MVD via a suboccipital craniectomy are presented. ... Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=486193
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Evaluation of surgical procedures for trigeminal neuralgia.
... trigeminal neuralgia by suboccipital and transtentorial cranial operations. ... Evaluation of microvascular decompression and partial sensory rhizotomy in 252 ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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Eighth-nerve Tumour Ten Years after Suboccipital Decompression
Eighth-nerve Tumour Ten Years after Suboccipital Decompression. Cecil P. G. Wakeley ... Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2181300
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Syringobulbia: a surgical appraisal.
... is advisable before craniovertebral surgery, but the decompression of the ... downbeat nystagmus and oscillopsia reversed by suboccipital craniectomy. Neurology. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1015326
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