Sectioning of the Filum Terminale in Patients with Chiari Malformation Type 1 Associated with Occult Tethered Cord Syndrome: Literature Review

Approximately 125 years ago, a group of pathologies now known as Chiari malformations was described for the first time. However, some mechanisms of its formation still remain unknown. A bibliographic survey was performed through a search in PubMed. In 1938, it was already theorized that an increase...

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Main Authors: José Nazareno Pearce de Oliveira Brito, Patryck Araújo Dantas, Pedro Borges Bomfim Júnior, Cléciton Braga Tavares, Leonardo Augusto Martins, Emerson Brandão Sousa, Michele Medeiros da Cunha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2023-06-01
Series:Brazilian Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1769780