Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the treatment of hydrocephalus in posterior fossa tumors in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 828-833

  Ruggiero, Claudio ^a   Cinalli, Giuseppe ^a   Spennato, Pietro ^b   Aliberti, Ferdinando ^a   Cianciulli, Emilio ^a   Trischitta, Vincenzo ^a   Maggi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SANTOBONO PAUSILIPON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; CSF shunt; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopy; Posterior fossa tumor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 7744222926     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-0938-y     Document Type: Article

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