Frameless stereotactic ventricular shunt placement for idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-16

  Woodworth, Graeme F ^a,b   McGirt, Matthew J ^a,b   Elfert, Peter ^a   Sciubba, Daniel M ^a,b   Rigamonti, Daniele ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign intracranial hypertension; Cerebrospinal fluid shunt; Frameless stereotaxis; Pseudotumor cerebri

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; STEREOTAXIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20844442296     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084059     Document Type: Article

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