Choroid plexectomy reduces neurosurgical intervention in patients with hydranencephaly

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 148-152

  Wellons III, John C ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Leveque, Jean Christophe A ^c   Blount, Jeffrey P ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroid plexectomy; Choroid plexus; Hydranencephaly; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOIROID PLEXECTOMY; CHOROID PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDRANENCEPHALY; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SHUNTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHOROID PLEXUS; HUMANS; HYDRANENCEPHALY; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0036211133     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048370     Document Type: Article

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