Management of hydrocephalus associated with occipital encephalocoele using endoscopic third ventriculostomy: Report of two cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 351-355

  Moorthy, Ranjith K ^a   Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^a  

^a Christian Medical College Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Occipital encephalocoele; Shunt failure

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOCELE; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; FOGARTY CATHETER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0036065573     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(02)00696-1     Document Type: Article

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