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Syringomyelia is one of the progressive, incurable neurological diseases for which, in recent years, surgery has been able to offer new therapeutic possibilities. Barnett (1973) classifies the varieties of the condition on an aetiological basis as follows.
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Hankinson, J. (1978). The Surgical Treatment of Syringomyelia. In: Krayenbühl, H., et al. Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery. Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery, vol 5. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7062-5_4
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