Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in post-tubercular meningitic hydrocephalus

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-61

  Figaji, A A ^a,c   Fieggen, A G ^a   Schoeman, J F ^b   Peter, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; HYDROCEPHALUS; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PATIENT SELECTION; THIRD VENTRICLE; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 33645665391     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-932148     Document Type: Letter

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