Endoscopic stent placement for treatment of secondary bilateral occlusion of the Monro foramina following endoscopic third ventriculostomy in a patient with aqueductal stenosis: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 416-420

  Mori, Hiroshi ^a,b,c   Koike, Toshiro ^a   Fujimoto, Tsuyoshi ^a   Nishiyama, Kenichi ^b   Yoshimura, Junichi ^b   Tanaka, Ryuichi ^a,b  

^a Tsubame Rosai Hospital   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fiberscope; Monro foramen; Neuroendoscopic surgery; Septostomy; Stent; Third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FIBEROSCOPE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MONRO FORAMEN OCCLUSION; NEUROENDOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEUROENDOSCOPY; STENTS; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 34547699648     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/08/0416     Document Type: Article

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