Growth of the foramen magnum in achondroplasia
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Intraoperative Computed Tomography for Cervicomedullary Decompression of Foramen Magnum Stenosis in Achondroplasia: Two Case Reports
The authors report two cases of cervicomedullary decompression of foramen magnum (FM) stenosis in children with achondroplasia using intraoperative computed tomography (iCT). A 14-month-old girl with myelopathy and retarded motor development, and a 10-year-old girl who had already undergone incomplete FM decompression was presented with myelopathy. Both patients underwent decompressive sub-occi...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Medical Genetics
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0148-7299,1096-8628
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320320421