Initial management of hydrocephalus associated with Chiari malformation Type I-syringomyelia complex via endoscopic third ventriculostomy: An outcome analysis

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1211-1214

  Hayhurst, Caroline ^a   Osman Farah, Jibril ^a   Das, Kumar ^a   Mallucci, Conor ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation Type I; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHUNTING; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYRINGOMYELIA; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 44849133163     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/108/6/1211     Document Type: Review

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