title: [Terminal ventriculostomy in the treatment of syringomyelia].
abstract: Terminal ventriculostomy is one of the methods used in surgical treatment of syringomyelia. The procedure is well tolerated and may be used in cases in which atlanto-occipital decompression is too serious an operation. The author used the method in treatment of 10 patients with different stages of syringomyelia. In 5 cases the time of follow-up was 12--20 months, in 2 of them the result was very good with very great improvement, in 3 improvement was slight but the progression of the disease was halted. In 5 cases with shorter follow-up improvement was observed in 3 and no improvement immediately after the operation in 2 cases. Further follow-up of these patients will show whether the results of the operation will be permanent.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Ventriculostomia terminalis (wentrykulostomia końcowa) w leczeniu jamistości rdzenia.