Endoscopic fenestration of middle fossa arachnoid cysts: A technical description and case series

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-215

  Elhammady, Mohamed Samy A ^a   Bhatia, Sanjiv ^a   Ragheb, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct cyst approach; Endoscopic fenestration; Middle fossa arachnoid cysts; Subdural collections; Transcortical approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; HYGROMA; INFANT; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CHILD; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ENDOSCOPES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34147111334     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098833     Document Type: Article

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