Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: Outcome analysis of 100 consecutive procedures

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 795-806

  Hopf, Nikolai J ^a   Grunert, Peter ^a   Fries, Georg ^a   Resch, Klaus D M ^a   Perneczky, Axel ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoscopic neurosurgery; Hydrocephalus; Minimally invasive neurosurgery; Neuronavigation; Stereotaxy; Third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033038020     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199904000-00062     Document Type: Article

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