Changes in ventricular size after endoscopic third ventriculostomy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-127

  Santamarta, D ^a,c   Martin Vallejo, J ^b   Diaz Alvarez A ^a   Maillo, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Third ventricle; Ventricular size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE SIZE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; THIRD VENTRICLE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 39149119617     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-007-1477-6     Document Type: Article

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