Neuroendoscopic trans-third ventricle approach for lesions of the ventral brainstem surface

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 313-318

  Miki, T ^a   Nakajima, N ^a   Akimoto, J ^a   Wada, J ^a   Haraoka, J ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecchordosis physaliphora; Minimally invasive surgery; Neuroendoscope; Neuroendoscopic third ventriculostomy; Prepontine cistern; Trans third ventricular approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHILD; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLIVUS TUMOR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTIC SCHWANNOMA; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GLIOMA; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; NEURINOMA; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCINTICISTERNOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANS THIRD VENTRICLE NEUROENDOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749205004     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1085446     Document Type: Article

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