Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in children: Early and late complications and their avoidance

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 506-513

  Navarro, Ramon ^b   Gil Parra, Raul ^a   Reitman, Aaron J ^a   Olavarria, Greg ^c   Grant, John A ^d   Tomita, Tadanori ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Complications; Hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopy; Ommaya reservoir; Surgical outcome; Third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LIQUORRHEA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENINGITIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 33646127173     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-0031-1     Document Type: Article

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