Arachnoid cysts: How do postsurgical cyst size and seizure outcome correlate?

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-22

  Koch, Christian A ^a,c   Moore, J Layne ^a   Voth, Dieter ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Cyst fenestration; Cyst size; Cystoperitoneal shunt; Epilepsy surgery; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031746666     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01111480     Document Type: Article

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