Hydrocephalus in posterior fossa tumors in children. Are there factors that determine a need for permanent cerebrospinal fluid diversion?

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1397-1403

  Santos de Oliveira, Ricardo ^a   Barros Jucá, Carlos Eduardo ^a   Valera, Elvis Terci ^a   Machado, Hélio Rubens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunts; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Pediatric neurosurgery; Posterior fossa tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAZIL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROIMAGING; OTORRHEA; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 56349131736     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0649-x     Document Type: Article

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