Sleep-disordered breathing in patients with Chiari malformation: improvement after surgery.
case_series · Level IV
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 16401866.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
Sixteen consecutive patients with Arnold-Chiari malformation type I and syringomyelia underwent full-night polysomnography (PSG). Sleep apnea syndrome (apnea-hypopnea index > 10) was diagnosed in 12 of 16 patients with 48% of central apneas. In six patients with sleep apnea syndrome, PSG was repeated an average of 203 days after decompression surgery. Postoperative PSG showed a decrease in the central apnea index from 14.9 +/- 5.5 to 1.3 +/- 0.6 (p = 0.03).
Medical subject headings
- Arnold-Chiari Malformation
- Decompression, Surgical
- Neurosurgical Procedures
- Sleep Apnea Syndromes
- Syringomyelia