Severe intracranial hypertension in slit ventricle syndrome managed using a cisterna magna-ventricle-peritoneum shunt

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2006, Pages 240-244

  Rekate, Harold L ^a   Nadkarni, Trimurti ^b   Wallace, Donna ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Achondroplasia; Chiari malformation; Cisterna magna; Hydrocephalus; Pediatric neurosurgery; Slit ventricle syndrome; Subarachnoid space

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SLIT VENTRICLE SYNDROME; SPINA BIFIDA; TREATMENT FAILURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FOLLOW UP; HYDROCEPHALUS; INSTRUMENTATION; MYELOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CISTERNA MAGNA; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33646110997     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2006.104.4.240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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