Endoscopy in the management of intra-ventricular lesions: Preliminary experience in the Middle East

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-22

  Najjar, Marwan W ^a   Azzam, Narmer I ^b   Baghdadi, Tarafa S ^a   Turkmani, Ali H ^a   Skaf, Ghassan ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Dr Erfan and Bagedo General Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Intra ventricular lesions; Neuroendoscopy; Neuronavigation; Third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE EAST; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71649112923     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.08.027     Document Type: Article

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