Endoscopic treatment of quadrigeminal cistern arachnoid cysts

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 289-292

  Gangemi, Michelangelo ^a   Maiuri, F ^a   Colella, G ^a   Magro, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain arachnoid cyst; Endoscopy; Quadrigeminal cistern cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BABY; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; CYSTOSTOMY; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; OCCIPITAL BONE; QUADRIGEMINAL CISTERN ARACHNOID CYST; REMISSION; REVIEW; SHUNTING;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29244486505     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-915604     Document Type: Review

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