MRI study of the natural history and risk factors for pseudomeningocoele formation following postfossa surgery in children

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 530-536

  Gnanalingham, K K ^a,b   Lafuente, J ^a   Thompson, D ^a   Harkness, W ^a   Hayward, R ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Craniotomy and craniectomy; MRI; Posterior fossa tumours; Pseudomeningocoele formation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMENINGOCOELE; REOPERATION; SKULL INJURY; SURGICAL RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOCELE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1642497554     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690310001627777     Document Type: Article

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