Pathogenesis and treatment of Chiari Ⅰ malformation / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Chiari Ⅰ malformation is a congenital anomaly of posterior brain.There has been many theories for its pathogenesis.Recent years,researchers have sunmarized new theories about the pathogenesis of syringomyelia associated Chiari Ⅰ malformation.However,the exact pathogenesis of Chiari Ⅰ malformation has not been clarified.There are a lot of surgical treatments of Chiari Ⅰ malformation.Importantly,there remains no consensus about the best and generally applicable treatment.