Laparoscopically assisted ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement using 2- mm instrumentation

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 585-586

  Reardon, P R ^a,b   Scarborough, T K ^a   Matthews, B D ^a   Marti, J L ^a   Preciado, A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Smith Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

2 mm; Laparoscopy; Shunt; Ventriculoperitoneal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0033947940     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004640020078     Document Type: Article

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