Endoscopic aqueductoplasty and interventriculostomy for the treatment of isolated fourth ventricle in children

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 372-377

  Fritsch, Michael J ^a   Kienke, Sven ^a   Manwaring, Kim H ^b   Maximilian Mehdorn, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic aqueductal stenting; Endoscopic aqueductoplasty; Endoscopic interventriculostomy; Isolated fourth ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATAXIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC AQUEDUCTOPLASTY; ENDOSCOPIC INTERVENTRICULOSTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYGROMA; INFANT; ISOLATED FOURTH VENTRICLE; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; RESTENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 3543014934     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000130444.71677.bc     Document Type: Review

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