Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in children younger than 2 years of age

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 623-626

  Baldauf, Jörg ^a   Oertel, J ^b   Gaab, Michael R ^b   Schroeder, Henry W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 34248665844     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0335-4     Document Type: Article

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