Posterior fossa tumors in children - Indications for ventricular drainage and for V-P shunting

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 227-229

  Imieliński, Brunon Lesław ^a   Kloc, Wojciech ^a   Wasilewski, Wojciech ^a   Liczbik, Wiesłew ^a   Puzyrewski, Radostaw ^a   Karwacki, Zbigniew ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; Posterior fossa tumors; V P shunt; Ventricular drainage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0031818163     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050217     Document Type: Article

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