Posterion fossa decompression for Chiari I malformation with hydrocephalus:a meta-analysis
ZHANG Jia-kang
PENG Fei
CHEN Xin
HOU Xu
ZHANG Da-ming
LIU Zhen-dong
ZHAO Shi-guang
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the effect of posterior fossa decompression (PFD) on ChiariⅠmalformation associated with hydrocephalus. Methods The data which accorded with the demands of the present study were individually extracted the Chinese and English literature obtained by searching electronic database including EBSCO, PUBMED, EMBASE, CNKI, VIP, Wanfang and OVID from the day when the library was built to 31 May 2015. All the statistical analyses were performed by the STATA software version 13. Results The rate of improvement of Chiari I malformation associated with hydrocephalus was 82.3% (95% CI 74.2%~90.4%). The female patients account for 62.9%(95%CI 52.6%~73.1%)of all the patients with Chiari I malformation associated with hydrocephalus. Conclusion The female patients account for the majority of all the patients with Chiari malformation associated with hydrocephalus, and PFD is an effective method to treat this disease.
Keywords：Tonsillar herniationChiari I malformationHydrocephalusPosterior fossa decompressionMeta analysis
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 158-160 )