Avoiding complicated shunt systems by open fenestration of symptomatic fourth ventricular cysts associated with hydrocephalus

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 314-319

  Villavicencio, Alan T ^a   Wellons III, John C ^a   George, Timothy M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dandy Walker malformation; Hydrocephalus; Trapped fourth ventricle; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; CYSTS; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032466283     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028745     Document Type: Article

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