Efficacy of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in fourth ventricular outlet obstruction

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 905-913

  Mohanty, Aaron ^a   Biswas, Arundhati ^b   Satish, Satyanarayana ^b   Vollmer, Dennis G ^c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Fourth ventricular outlet obstruction; Hydrocephalus; Isolated fourth ventricle; Neuroendoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FENESTRATION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOURTH VENTRICULAR OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIQUORRHEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNTING; STOMA; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 57649123308     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000333262.38548.E1     Document Type: Article

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