[Surgical treatment of communicating forms of syringomyelia].
Data concerning surgical intervention at the craniovertebral junction in 20 patients with the communicating form of syringomyelia are discussed. The method of a reconstructive operation is described. Positive changes of sensory and motor disorders were recorded in 14 patients after surgery, no changes occurred in 5 patients, one patient died. The expediency of maximum reconstruction of the posterior fossa with restoration of c.s.f. circulation from the cavity of the fourth ventricle is substantiated.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
Khirurgicheskoe lechenie soobshchaiushcheĭsia formy siringomielii.