Role of cerebrospinal fluid diversion in posterior fossa tumor surgery

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 333-336

  Ghani, Ehtesham ^a   Zaidi, Ghalib Imam ^a   Nadeem, Muhammad ^a   Rehman, Lal ^a   Noman, Muhammad Ali ^a   Khaleeq uz Zaman, A ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid diversion; External ventricular drainage; Hydrocephalus; Posterior fossa tumor; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGIOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PAKISTAN; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TERATOMA; TUBERCULOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, NERVE TISSUE;

EID: 0038042809     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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