Management of hydrocephalus by endoscopic third ventriculostomy in patients with myelomeningocele

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 57-63

  Teo, Charles ^a   Jones, Robert ^b  

^a S Hospital S 431   (United States)

^b Prince of Wales Children x2019s Hospitals   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Hydrocephalus; Pediatrics; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0030499042     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121098     Document Type: Article

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