Stereotactic cyst/ventricular-peritoneal shunting for the treatment of prepontine arachnoid cyst: case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 616-618

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Zhao, Shi Yu ^a   Yuan, Xian Hou ^a  

^a ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Neurosurgery; Prepontine; Shunt; Stereotactic; Suprasellar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PONS; RADIOSURGERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 37849189875     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.03.031     Document Type: Article

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