Topical review article: Endoscopic management of hydrocephalus in pediatric patients: A review of indications, techniques, and outcomes

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 550-560

  Sandberg, David I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Endoscopy; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ABSORPTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC FENESTRATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANASTOMOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEURONAVIGATION; PEDIATRICS;

HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEURONAVIGATION; PEDIATRICS; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 42449158567     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807309787     Document Type: Review

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