Use of a microvascular Doppler probe to avoid basilar artery injury during endoscopic third ventriculostomy: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 156-159

  Schmidt, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Endoscopy; Hydrocephalus; Microvascular Doppler probe; Third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032926061     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.1.0156     Document Type: Article

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