Surgical decompression of supratentorial arachnoid cysts in pediatric patients younger than one year

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 465-470

  Yang, Seung Ho ^a   Lee, Kwan Sung ^b   Sung, Jae Hoon ^a   Son, Byung Chul ^a   Jeun, Sin Soo ^b   Kang, Joon Ki ^c  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Kangnam St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Cyst wall excision; Fenestration; Infant; Prenatal diagnosis; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARACHNOID CYSTS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 56149120984     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000172969     Document Type: Article

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