The most common procedure for Chiari like malformation is suboccipital decompression where the hypoplastic occipital bone and sometimes
the cranial dorsal laminae of the atlas are removed (with or without a durotomy) to decompress the foramen magnum.
Not exact matches
The center of the circle (F) was used as a vertex and the occipital circle could also be used as an assessment of the size of the caudal
cranial fossa by measuring the distance and angulation of the point where the circle bisected to the
dorsal cerebellum (E).
As a compensatory change, there appears to be an increased height of the rostral
cranial cavity with lengthening of the
dorsal cranial vault and considerable reorganization of the brain parenchyma including ventral deviation of the olfactory bulbs and rostral invagination of the cerebellum under the occipital lobes.