Third ventriculostomy in a single pediatric surgical unit

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-99

  Egger, Dorothee ^a,b   Balmer, Bettina ^a   Altermatt, Stefan ^a   Meuli, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Infants; Outcome

Indexed keywords

SULTIAME;

ADOLESCENT; BLEEDING; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; STRABISMUS; SURGEON; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRICS; THIRD VENTRICLE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 71349086669     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-0997-1     Document Type: Review

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