Replacement of a 35-year-old ventriculo-peritoneal shunt by endoscopic third ventriculostomy during abdominal surgery: A case report

Japanese Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 522-526

  Torisu, Rina ^a,c   Hitotsumatsu, Tsutomu ^a   Uda, Ken ^a   Abe, Hiroshi ^a   Inoue, Tooru ^a   Oka, Kazunari ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Yamamoto Surgical Hospital   (Japan)

^c Ureshino Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; Aqueductal stenosis; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Ventriculo peritoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SHUNT INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 23944490851     PISSN: 0917950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7887/jcns.14.522     Document Type: Article

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