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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...