Surgical management of adult hydrocephalus

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Bergsneider, Marvin ^a,b,c   Miller, Chad ^a   Vespa, Paul M ^a   Hu, Xiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult hydrocephalus; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Headache; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Slit ventricle syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEUROIMAGING; NONCOMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHUNTING; SLIT VENTRICLE SYNDROME; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL RISK; VALVE;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 41849130967     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000316269.82467.f7     Document Type: Review

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