Initial experience with endoscopic third ventriculostomy in Nigeria, West Africa

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 253-255

  Idowu, Olufemi ^a   Doherty, Alaba ^b   Tiamiyu, Ola ^b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aqueductal stenosis; Dandy Walker malformation; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Pinealregion tumour

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NIGERIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THIRD VENTRICLE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 37749028820     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0491-6     Document Type: Article

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