Arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa: Experience with 77 patients who were treated with cystoperitoneal shunting

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1108-1113

  Aral, Hajime ^a   Sato, Kiyoshi ^a   Wachi, Akihiko ^a   Okuda, Osamu ^a   Takeda, Nobuaki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Cystoperitoneal shunt; Middle fossa; Shunt complication; Shunt dependency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029855256     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199612000-00007     Document Type: Article

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