Different approaches to surgical treatment of arachnoid cysts

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, Supplement

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-88

  Strojnik, Tadej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Cystoperitoneal shunt; Endoscopic fenestration; Optimal clinical management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REOPERATION; SHUNTING; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ARACHNOID CYST; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; FENESTRATION; FOGARTY CATHETER; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMIPARESIS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MUTENESS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; SCISSORS; SPINE DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYLVIAN FISSURE; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOID CYSTS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

EID: 33745623660     PISSN: 03005178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0540-2     Document Type: Article

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