Long-term access to cystic brain stem lesions using the Ommaya reservoir: Technical case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 404-408

  Giovanini, Mark A ^a   Mickle, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Cyst; Ommaya; Reservoir; Stereotactic; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030003305     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199608000-00039     Document Type: Article

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