Air encephalography for hydrocephalus in the era of neuroendoscopy

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 559-565

  Figaji, A A ^a   Fieggen, A G ^a   Peter, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air encephalography; Communicating; CSF block; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Non communicating

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 23144438951     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-1119-8     Document Type: Article

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