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Twenty-two patients with closed myelomeningocele, shunted hydrocephalus, and symptomatic Arnold-Chiari malformations were studied retrospectively. Seventeen of the 22 patients were aged 6 months or younger, five patients were aged 3 to 23 years. The authors conclude that while decompression of a symptomatic Arnold Chiari malformation may be effective in children and adults, with treatment does not always improve the clinical condition of infants This may be the result of ischemic/hypoxic effects on the infant's brain stem, which may not be organized normally at birth.

Langue : ANGLAIS

Identifiant basis : 1987001504