Transcavum interforniceal endoscopic surgery of the third ventricle: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 231-236

  Souweidane, Mark M ^a,b   Hoffman, Caitlin E ^a   Schwartz, Theodore H ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurological Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cavum septum pellucidum; Cavum vergae; Colloid cyst; Neuroendoscopy; Third ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLOID CYST; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCAVUM INTERFORNICEAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYST; HYDROCEPHALUS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROENDOSCOPY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; THIRD VENTRICLE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 54449093118     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED.2008.2.10.231     Document Type: Article

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