Complications and pitfalls of neuroendoscopic surgery in children

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 187-193

  Peretta, Paola ^a   Ragazzi, Paola ^b   Galarza, Marcelo ^b   Genitori, Lorenzo ^b   Giordano, Flavio ^b   Mussa, Federico ^b   Cinalli, Giuseppe ^b  

^a REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Complication; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopy; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYGROMA; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VOMITING; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; NEWBORN; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASE; PARESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBDURAL EFFUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; PARESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBDURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 33750117785     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2006.105.3.187     Document Type: Article

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