Endoscopic cerebral aqueductoplasty: A trans-fourth ventricle approach

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2005, Pages 388-392

  Sansone, Jason M ^a   Iskandar, Bermans J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueductal stenosis; Endoscopy; Hydrocephalus; Pediatric neurosurgery; Trapped fourth ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AQUEDUCTOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GAZE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHUNTING; STENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32944458160     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2005.103.5.0388     Document Type: Article

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