The role of Ommaya reservoir and endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the management of post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 765-771

  Peretta, Paola ^a   Ragazzi, Paola ^a   Carlino, Christian F ^a   Gaglini, Pierpaolo ^a   Cinalli, Giuseppe ^b  

^a REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SANTOBONO PAUSILIPON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Ommaya reservoir; Post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus; Premature; Ventricular access device

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN;

ALGORITHM; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; LIQUORRHEA; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 34249902772     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0291-4     Document Type: Article

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