Neuroendoscopic placement of the reservoir in an elderly patient with recurrenced craniopharyngioma: Case report

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1207-1212

  Kuramoto, Terukazu ^a   Uchikado, Hisaaki ^a   Tajima, Yutaka ^a   Tokutomi, Takashi ^a   Shigemori, Minoru ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Cyst; Elderly patient; Neuroendoscope; Obstructive hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISORIENTATION; GAIT DISORDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPITUITARISM; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MENINGITIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYSTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 28944439310     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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