Spontaneous third ventriculostomy: Definition by endoscopy and cerebrospinal fluid dynamics: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 628-631

  Parmar, Amit ^a   Aquilina, Kristian ^a   Carter, Michael R ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Resistance to cerebrospinal fluid outflow; Spontaneous third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SPONTANEOUS THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; STOMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RUPTURE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 70350493116     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.5.JNS08286     Document Type: Article

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