How to perforate safely a resistant floor of the 3rd ventricle? Technical note

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 198-199

  Kehler, U ^a   Gliemroth, J ^a   Knopp, U ^a   Arnold, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

3rd ventriculostomy; Complications; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032417172     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1052041     Document Type: Article

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