Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for treatment of obstructive hydrocephalus

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 498-503

  Rezaee, Omidvar ^a   Sharifi, Guive ^a   Samadian, Mohammad ^a   Haddadian, Karim ^a   Ali Asgari, Ali ^a   Yazdani, Moslem ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aqueductal stenosis; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MORBIDITY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SHUNT INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THIRD VENTRICLE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 35548931509     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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