Analysis of cerebellar tonsillar hernia treated with syringomyelia
Wen Guiwei
Abstract：Objective To analyze the treatment of cerebellar tonsillar hernia associated with syringomyelia.Methods Twenty-nine patients with cerebellar tonsillar hernia associated with syringomyelia had been treated in our department,including 16 cases of foramen magnum decompression alone and 13 cases of foramen magnum compression technique with hollow-subarachnoid shunt.Results After the follow-up of 6 months to 3 years,in posterior fossa decompression group,8 cases were markedly effective,6 cases were effective,ineffective in 2 cases,deteriorating 0 case,total effective rate was 87.5％ ; among posterior fossa decompression cavity-subarachnoid shunt group 6 cases had marked effect,4 cases were effective,ineffective in 2 cases,deteriorated in 1 case,the total effective rate was 76.9％.Total effective rate had no statistical significant difference between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions Surgery is the preferred treatment of the cerebellar tonsillar hernia associated with syringomyelia patients because cerebellar tonsillar hernia and syringomyelia damage the spinal cord.
Keywords：Tonsillar herniaSyringomyeliaPosterior fossa decompressionHollow-subarachnoid shunt
Publication Date：2014-05-30
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 653-656 )