Spontaneous third ventriculocisternostomy in an infant with obstructive hydrocephalus: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 477-480

  Gallia, Gary L ^a,b   Teo, Charles ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cine magnetic resonance imaging; Obstructive hydrocephalus; Spontaneous ventriculocisternostomy; Spontaneous ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CISTERNA MAGNA; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; THIRD VENTRICLE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 44849121676     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/1/6/477     Document Type: Article

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