Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: 5 Years' experience at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Garg, A ^a   Suri, A ^a   Chandra, P S ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Sharma, B S ^a   Mahapatra, A K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INDIA; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 60049097860     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000202617     Document Type: Article

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