Ventricular volume following third ventriculostomy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-25

  Schwartz, Theodore H ^a   Ho, Brian ^a   Prestigiacomo, Charles J ^a   Bruce, Jeffrey N ^a   Feldstein, Neil A ^a   Goodman, Robert R ^a,b  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Hydrocephalus; Stereotaxis; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0032696829     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.1.0020     Document Type: Article

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