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SHALL SYRINGOMYELIA BE ADDED TO THE LESIONS APPROPRIATE FOR SURGICAL INTERVENTION?

1930; American Medical Association; Volume: 95; Issue: 25 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jama.1930.27210250001010

1538-3598

CHARLES H. FRAZIER,

Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research

By a recent experience my attention has been called to benefits that may be derived in syringomyelia from surgical intervention. Looking over the literature I was surprised to find no references of American authorship to resort to operation for this condition. As a matter of fact, the first recorded operation for syringomyelia is contained in an article by Puussepp, 1 who related his operative experience in two cases. Only four other pertinent articles have appeared since Puussepp's original contribution; one by the same author, 2 one by Förster, 3 one by Schmieden, 4 and one by Oppel. 5 I shall not review these articles in detail. Suffice it to say that Puussepp has operated on four patients with manifest improvement; Schmieden on one patient with definite improvement in movement of arm and leg and of sensation; Oppel performed seven operations on six patients with results varying from negative to brilliant.