Ultrasound-guided puncture of a Dandy-Walker cyst via the lateral and III ventricles

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 472-476

  Cedzich, C ^a   Lunkenheimer, A ^b   Baier, G ^b   Muller J ^a   Kuhner A ^a  

^a Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Germany)

^b Nuremberg City Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dandy Walker syndrome; Operative technique; Shunting system; Ultrasonic guidance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THIRD VENTRICLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0032870459     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050442     Document Type: Article

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