Chiari I malformation without hydrocephalus: Acute intracranial hypertension managed with endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV)

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1493-1497

  Kandasamy, Jothy ^a,b   Kneen, Rachel ^a   Gladstone, Melissa ^a   Newman, William ^a   Mohamed, Tawil ^a   Mallucci, Conor ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiari 1 malformation; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Intracranial hypertension; Papilledema; Pseudotumor cerebri

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TINNITUS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 56349103084     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0672-y     Document Type: Article

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