Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: The lebanese experience

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 361-367

  Rahme, Ralph ^a   Rahme, Rudy J ^a   Hourani, Roula ^a   Moussa, Ronald ^a   Nohra, Georges ^a   Okais, Nabil ^a   Samaha, Elie ^a   Rizk, Tony ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Aqueductal stenosis; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Neuroendoscopy; Obstructive hydrocephalus; Tectal tumor; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LEBANON; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PINEALOMA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THIRD VENTRICLE; VENTRICULOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449514066     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000257525     Document Type: Article

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