Endoscopic choroid plexus cauterization versus ventriculoperitoneal shunt for hydranencephaly and near hydranencephaly: A prospective study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 459-464

  Malheiros, José Augusto ^a   Trivelato, Felipe Padovani ^a   Oliveira, Marcelo Magaldi ^a   Gusmão, Sebastião ^a   Cochrane, David Douglas ^b   Steinbok, Paul ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus; Hydranencephaly; Neuroendoscopy; Plexectomy; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC CHOROID PLEXUS CAUTERIZATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYDRANENCEPHALY; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEAR HYDRANENCEPHALY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHOROID PLEXUS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDRANENCEPHALY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 77649175948     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000365264.99133.CA     Document Type: Article

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