Laser-assisted endoscopic third ventriculostomy: Long-term results in a series of 202 patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 437-443

  Van Beijnum, Janneke ^a   Hanlo, Patrick W ^a   Fischer, Kathelijn ^a   Majidpour, Mohsen M ^a   Kortekaas, Marlous F ^a   Verdaasdonk, Rudolf M ^a   Vandertop, W Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Hydrocephalus; Intraoperative complications; Laser surgery; Outcome assessment; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; CHILD; CYST; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; THIRD VENTRICLE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 41749124496     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000316011.13174.b1     Document Type: Article

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