Endoscopic opening of the foramen of Magendie using transaqueductal navigation for membrane obstruction of the fourth ventricle outlets: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 924-927

  Longatti, Pierluigi ^a   Fiorindi, Alessandro ^a   Feletti, Alberto ^a   Baratto, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foramen of Magendie; Fourth ventricle surgery; Hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMBRANES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEURONAVIGATION; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 33845498123     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.6.924     Document Type: Article

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