CONGENITAL-MALFORMATIONS OF THE CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION - CLASSIFICATION AND SURGICAL-TREATMENT

Authors
ERBENGI A OGE HK
Citation
A. Erbengi et Hk. Oge, CONGENITAL-MALFORMATIONS OF THE CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION - CLASSIFICATION AND SURGICAL-TREATMENT, Acta neurochirurgica, 127(3-4), 1994, pp. 180-185
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Neurosciences
Journal title
Acta neurochirurgica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016268
Volume
127
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
180 - 185
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6268(1994)127:3-4<180:COTCJ->2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The clinical, radiological and surgical findings of 56 patients with c ongenital malformations of the craniovertebral junction who underwent surgical intervention in the Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe Uni versity Medical School were reviewed. The anomalies were classified ac cording to their embryonic origin. Forty-two cases of the series were major abnormalities formed by the combination of more than one germ la yer.