Analysis of CSF shunting procedure requirement in children with posterior fossa tumors

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 332-336

  Bognár, László ^a   Borgulya, Gábor ^b   Benke, Péter ^a   Madarassy, Gábor ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSURGERY   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Children; Hydrocephalus; Posterior fossa tumor; Shunting procedure; Third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUNGARY; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038268678     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0745-x     Document Type: Article

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