Mobbs R, Teo C
Division of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurological Sciences, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Clinical School of the University of NSW, Australia.
J Clin Neurosci. 2001 Jul;8(4):343-4. doi: 10.1054/jocn.2000.0863.
Technical advances in neurosurgery follow a general philosophy favouring less invasive means of managing surgical disease. We describe a patient with a symptomatic type I Chiari malformation managed by posterior fossa decompression using endoscopic techniques. Technical considerations, including drawbacks of the procedure, are discussed.
