Neuro-endoscopic surgery - Experience and outcome analysis of 102 consecutive procedures in a busy neurosurgical centre of India

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 369-376

  Husain, Mazhar ^a   Jha, D ^a   Vatsal, D K ^a   Thaman, D ^a   Gupta, A ^a   Husain, N ^a   Gupta, R K ^b   Gaab, M ^c  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Intraventricular tumor; Neuro endoscopy; Third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL WARD;

EID: 0038095338     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0033-2     Document Type: Article

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