Syringomyelia: Retrospective Analysis of 30 Surgically Treated Patients from the Northeast of Brazil

Bruna Lisboa do Vale; Maurus Marques de Almeida Holanda; Marcelo Moraes Valença; Severino Aires de Araújo Neto

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1774746

Brazilian Neurosurgery (Mar 2024)

Syringomyelia: Retrospective Analysis of 30 Surgically Treated Patients from the Northeast of Brazil

Bruna Lisboa do Vale,
Maurus Marques de Almeida Holanda,
Marcelo Moraes Valença,
Severino Aires de Araújo Neto

Affiliations

Bruna Lisboa do Vale: ORCiD; Discipline of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Maurus Marques de Almeida Holanda: Discipline of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Sciences Center, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
Marcelo Moraes Valença: Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Health Sciences Center, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
Severino Aires de Araújo Neto: Discipline of Radiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Pessoa, PB, Brazil

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1774746
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 43, no. 01
pp. e1 – e6

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Introduction Syringomyelia is a chronic disease characterized by the presence of intramedullary cavity. Chiari malformation (CM) and basilar impression (BI) are conditions usually associated with syringomyelia. Its prevalence has wide geographical variation, being higher in the Northeast of Brazil, making it relevant to study the subject in this region.

Published in Brazilian Neurosurgery

ISSN: 0103-5355 (Print); 2359-5922 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
Country of publisher: Brazil
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00028832

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