Transaqueductal aspiration of pontine hemorrhage with the aid of a neuroendoscope: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 917-919

  Takimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Iwaisako, Kousuke ^b   Kubo, Shigeki ^b   Yamanaka, Kazunori ^b   Karasawa, Jun ^b   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^b  

^a Osaka Neurological Institute   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fiberscope; Pontine hemorrhage; Potassium titanyl phosphate laser

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FIBEROSCOPE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PONS; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 0037381263     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.4.0917     Document Type: Article

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