Gravitational shunts in longstanding overt ventriculomegaly in adults

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-118

  Kiefer, Michael ^a   Eymann, Regina ^a   Strowitzki, Martin ^a   Steudel, Wolf Ingo ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aqueduct stenosis; Complications; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Late onset idiopathic aqueductal stenosis; Longstanding overt ventriculomegaly in adults; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Overdrainage; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 21744435232     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000134596.66114.E7     Document Type: Article

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