Medical illustration by Bailey Mariner The most common type of surgery for CM is called posterior fossa decompression. This procedure creates additional space around the lower part of the brain ...

Although a congenitally small posterior fossa is the most common ... suggests subarachnoid scarring from the surgery. Patients who undergo bone-only decompression without duraplasty appear to ...

More than one surgery may be needed to treat the condition. Posterior fossa decompression surgery is performed on adults with CM to create more space for the cerebellum and to relieve pressure on ...

In patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis, it is uncertain whether decompression surgery alone is ... alone group), a posterior decompression that preserved ...

Possible complications and side effects of a retrosigmoid craniotomy include: According to a 2020 study, surgery in the posterior fossa part of the brain can cause complications up to 32% of the time.

A long-term follow-up study from Japan shows significant and lasting improvement in outcomes with posterior decompression and fixation surgery for patients with T-OPLL, reports The Journal of ...

To demonstrate that decompressive surgery results in the same benefits ... expand the CSF pathway at the foramen magnum: posterior fossa decompression, upper cervical laminectomy and augmenting ...

Facial nerve decompression surgery is performed using the transmastoid approach, middle fossa (transtemporal) approach or the translabyrinthine approach. The technique is decided prior to surgery ...

A person may have this surgery if they have a tumor or another ... Surgeons do this to access a part of the skull called the posterior fossa, which contains structures such as the cerebellum ...

More information: Sadayuki Ito et al, Ten-Year Follow-up of Posterior Decompression and Fusion Surgery for Thoracic Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament, Journal of Bone and Joint ...

Anterior decompression required an extra 70 minutes of operating time vs. posterior decompression. LAS VEGAS — Results presented here showed anterior decompression and fusion via a ...