A quantitative analysis of cerebrospinal fluid flow in post-traumatic syringomyelia

Y Tobimatsu; R Nihei; T Kimura; T Suyama; H Kimura; H Tobimatsu; T Shirakawa

doi:10.1038/sc.1995.45

A quantitative analysis of cerebrospinal fluid flow in post-traumatic syringomyelia

Paraplegia. 1995 Apr;33(4):203-7. doi: 10.1038/sc.1995.45.

Authors

Y Tobimatsu¹, R Nihei, T Kimura, T Suyama, H Kimura, H Tobimatsu, T Shirakawa

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled Hospital, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

PMID: 7609976
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1995.45

Abstract

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow within the syrinx in post-traumatic syringomyelia was studied by cardiac-triggered phase images of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to investigate the relationship between CSF flow in the syrinx and patients' symptoms.

Publication types

Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Spinal Cord Injuries / cerebrospinal fluid*
Spinal Cord Injuries / complications
Spinal Cord Injuries / pathology
Subarachnoid Space / pathology
Syringomyelia / cerebrospinal fluid*
Syringomyelia / etiology
Syringomyelia / pathology