Endoscopic coagulation of choroid plexus as treatment for hydrocephalus: Indication and surgical technique

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 816-820

  Morota, Nobuhito ^a   Fujiyama, Yoko ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Choroid plexus; Coagulation; Endoscopy; Hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARIETAL LOBE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHOROID PLEXUS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7744241253     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-0936-0     Document Type: Article

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