Combined endoscopically guided third ventriculostomy with prepontine cistern placement of the ventricular catheter in a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt: Technical note

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-250

  Stan, H ^a,b   Popa, C ^a   Iosif, A ^a   Nistor, S ^a  

^a Spitalul Clinic Judetean de Urgenta Cluj   (Romania)

^b IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Neuroendoscopy; Non obstructive hydrocephalus; Prepontine cistern; Third ventriculostomy; Ventriculo peritoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PONS ANGLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 35948954852     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-985374     Document Type: Article

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