Endoscopic stereotactic surgery for intraventricular loculated empyema: Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 412-417

  Kalbarczyk, Andrzej ^a   Krauss, Joachim K ^a   Seiler, Rolf W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endoscopic neurosurgery; Intracranial empyema; Stereotaxy; Ventriculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0032727154     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(99)00109-3     Document Type: Article

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