Limited efficacy of endoscopic third ventriculostomy for hydrocephalus following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 449-455

  Fukuhara, Toru ^a   Shimizu, Tomohisa ^a   Namba, Yoichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION OKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Intracranial pressure; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONVALESCENCE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 70549091198     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.49.449     Document Type: Article

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