Failed endoscopic third ventriculostomy in children: Management options

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 304-309

  Mohanty, Aaron ^a   Vasudev, M K ^a   Sampath, S ^a   Radhesh, S ^b   Sastry Kolluri, V R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b Elbit Medical Diagnostics Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Failure; Hydrocephalus; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REOPERATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; REOPERATION; THIRD VENTRICLE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0036885797     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066310     Document Type: Article

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