Endoscopic aqueductoplasty through a tailored craniocervical approach

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 778-782

  Gawish, Islam ^a   Reisch, Robert ^a   Perneczky, Axel ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aqueductoplasty; Hydrocephalus; Minimally invasive neurosurgery; Neuroendoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 32044438699     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.103.5.0778     Document Type: Article

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