Lumboperitoneal shunting as a treatment for slit ventricle syndrome

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 178-182

  Le, Hoang ^a   Yamini, Bakhtiar ^a   Frim, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Lumboperitoneal shunt; Pseudotumor cerebri; Slit ventricle syndrome; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SYNDROME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0036244996     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056054     Document Type: Article

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