{"title":"[Autonomic nervous system disorders in 230 cases of basilar impression and Arnold-Chiari deformity].","authors":"J A da Silva, J C Brito, P V da Nóbrega","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Within the period of 1971 to 1989 we operated on 230 cases of craniocervical malformations characterised by 189 cases of basilar impression associated with Arnold-chiari malformation, 28 cases of isolated basilar impression and 13 cases of Arnold-Chiari malformation. Autonomic disturbance was observed in 136 (59.1%) cases: sexual disorders like reduced potency and impotency were observed in 86 (60.9%) out of 141 male patients, urinary symptoms in 39 (17%) patients; and other autonomic features like dyspnea, anhidrosis, hyperhidrosis, Claude Bernard-Horner syndrome and constipation in 41 (17.8%) patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":76208,"journal":{"name":"Neurochirurgia","volume":"35 6","pages":"183-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1992-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Neurochirurgia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Within the period of 1971 to 1989 we operated on 230 cases of craniocervical malformations characterised by 189 cases of basilar impression associated with Arnold-chiari malformation, 28 cases of isolated basilar impression and 13 cases of Arnold-Chiari malformation. Autonomic disturbance was observed in 136 (59.1%) cases: sexual disorders like reduced potency and impotency were observed in 86 (60.9%) out of 141 male patients, urinary symptoms in 39 (17%) patients; and other autonomic features like dyspnea, anhidrosis, hyperhidrosis, Claude Bernard-Horner syndrome and constipation in 41 (17.8%) patients.