Routine placement of a ventricular reservoir at endoscopic third ventriculostomy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-97

  Aquilina, Kristian ^a   Edwards, Richard J ^a   Pople, Ian K ^a   Sindou, Marc P ^b   Cohen, Alan R ^b   Sutton, Leslie N ^b   Levy, Michael L ^b  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopy; Ventricular access device; Ventricular reservoir

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CHILD; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0038048500     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000068860.32638.01     Document Type: Article

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