Endoscopic neurosurgery and endoscope-assisted microneurosurgery for the treatment of intracranial cysts

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1330-1337

  Hopf, Nikolai J ^a   Perneczky, Axel ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cysts; Endoscope assisted microneurosurgery; Endoscopic neurosurgery; Intraventricular cysts; Minimally invasive neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031729774     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199812000-00037     Document Type: Article

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