Surgical treatment of 95 children with 102 intracranial arachnoid cysts

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 165-173

  Fewel, Matthew E ^a   Levy, Michael L ^a   Mc Comb, J Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cysts; Cystoperitoneal shunt; Fenestration; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030390675     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121119     Document Type: Article

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