Can the requirement of a diversion procedure be predicted after an uncomplicated intracranial hydatid cyst surgery?

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 383-386

  Önal, Çaǧatay ^a   Erguvan Önal, Rezzan ^a   Yakinci, Cengiz ^a   Karayol, Ali ^a   Atambay, Metin ^a   Daldal, Nilgün ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain; Echinococcus; Hydatid cyst; Pericyst; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33750167956     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095570     Document Type: Article

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