Third ventriculostomy for treatment of hydrocephalus: Results of 271 procedures

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-31

  Oertel, Joachim M K ^a   Schroeder, Henry W S ^b   Gaab, Michael R ^a,c  

^a NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c Karl Storz GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aqueductal stenosis; Hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopy; Pediatric neuroendoscopy; Third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RELIABILITY; STANDARD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 33749330467     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnq.0000203022.31915.02     Document Type: Article

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