title: Ventral Decompression in Chiari Malformation, Basilar Invagination, and Related Disorders.
abstract: Ventral brainstem compression is an uncommon clinical diagnosis seen by pediatric neurosurgeons and associated with Chiari malformation, type I. Presenting clinical symptoms often include headaches, lower cranial neuropathies, myelopathy, central sleep apnea, ataxia, and nystagmus. When ventral decompression is required, both open and endoscopic transoral/transnasal approaches are highly effective.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital Colorado, 13123 East 16th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Electronic address: thomas.ridder@childrenscolorado.org.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ridder
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Richard C E
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital Colorado, 13123 East 16th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
authors.forename: Todd C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Hankinson
mesh_terms: D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Basilar invagination; Chiari malformation, type I (CM-I); Transoral and transnasal approaches; Ventral brainstem compression; pB-C2