Evaluation of the management of arachnoid cyst of the posterior fossa in pediatric population: Experience over 27 years

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 535-542

  Marin Sanabria, Elio Arnaldo ^a,d   Yamamoto, Hirotaka ^c   Nagashima, Tatsuya ^c   Kohmura, Eiji ^b  

^a Hospital Militar Central   (Paraguay)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KOBE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Children; Endoscopic; Marsupialization; Posterior fossa; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD CARE; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERITONEOVENOUS SHUNT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147100734     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0284-3     Document Type: Article

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