Conclusion: Posterior fossa decompression for cerebellar infarction is a life-saving procedure, but rapid recovery of the GCS after surgery does not necessarily translate into good functional outcome.

The tonsils of the cerebellum were herniated downwards into the foramen magnum of the occipital bone, with a lower herniation depth > 5 mm. Posterior fossa decompression (PFD) was performed in 58 ...

Share and Cite: Elshanawany, A. (2018) Comparison Study between Posterior Fossa Decompression with Duroplasty and Posterior Fossa Decompression without Duroplasty, in 20 Cases of Chiari I Malformation ...

Iskandar et al., who reported five comparable cases in which the symptoms and size of the syrinx improved after posterior cerebral fossa decompression, coined the designation Chiari malformation ...

Article citations More>> Elsaid, A and El-Borady, M. (2015) Posterior Fossa Decompression with Duroplasty for Treatment of Chiari Type I Malformation: Surgical Technique, Clinical and Radiological ...

Cerebellar infarcts require special attention because of the danger of cerebral edema within the posterior fossa. The cerebellum and brain stem are tightly constrained by the tentorium cerebelli ...

The treatment uses 2 classes of operative approach: the posterior fossa decompression and shunting of the syrinx cavity. Shunting involves shunting the cavity to the subarachnoid, pleural, and ...

Decompression of the spinal subarachnoid space as a solution for syringomyelia without Chiari malformation J-H Lee, C-K Chung & HJ Kim Spinal Cord 40, 501–506 (2002) Cite this article ...