Analysis of the success and failure of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in infants less than 1 year of age

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-155

  Balthasar, A J R ^a   Kort, H ^a   Cornips, E M J ^a   Beuls, E A M ^a   Weber, J W ^a   Vles, J S H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Infant; Neuroendoscopy; Pediatric neurosurgery; Treatment outcome; Ventriculocisternostomy

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SHUNTING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ENDOSCOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 33846048322     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0219-z     Document Type: Article

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