Craniotomy for fenestration of multiloculated hydrocephalus in pediatric patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Sandberg, David I ^a,b   McComb, J Gordon ^a,b,c   Krieger, Mark D ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Fenestration; Intraventricular septations; Multiloculated hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSURGERY;

EID: 21744443945     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000163489.75279.8C     Document Type: Article

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