Neuroendoscopic third ventriculostomy for failed shunts

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 201-203

  Buxton, Neil ^a,b   Macarthur, Donald ^a   Robertson, Iain ^a   Punt, Jonathan ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopic third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; INFANT; INFECTION; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNT INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043073052     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00317-3     Document Type: Article

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