Is endoscopic third ventriculostomy an internal shunt alone?

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-50

  Gangemi, M ^a,b   Maiuri, F ^a   Colella, G ^a   Magro, F ^a   Seneca, V ^a   De Divitiis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acqueductal stenosis; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Idiopathic normal pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; RISK FACTOR; SHUNTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 34547612847     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973824     Document Type: Article

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