Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in pediatric patients: The Canadian experience

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 881-885

  Drake, James M ^a   Rutka, James T ^a   Dirks, Peter ^a   Kulkarni, Abhaya ^a   Van Der Stoel, Anne ^a   Veltman, Ineke ^a   Cochrane, Douglas ^b   Steinbok, Paul ^b   Farmer, Jean Pierre ^c   Montes, Jose ^c   Atkinson, Jeffrey ^c   Hamilton, Mark ^d   Hader, Walter ^d   Mehta, Vivek ^e   Aronyk, Keith ^e   Vassilyadi, Michael ^f   Ventureyra, Enrique ^f   McDonald, Patrick ^g   Ranger, Adriana ^h   McNeeley, Daniel ⁱ   Howes, William ⁱ   more..

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^h LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Outcome; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 34247635065     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000255420.78431.E7     Document Type: Article

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