Stereotactic neuroendoscopic management of hydrocephalus: A three-year follow-up and analysis of Malaysian children with aqueduct stenosis

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 175-180

  Abdullah, Jafri ^a   Ariff, A R ^a   Ghazaime, G ^a   Naing, N N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aqueduct stenosis; Endoscopic; Hydrocephalus; Paediatric; Stereotactic

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGITIS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0035788747     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066716     Document Type: Conference Paper

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