Endoscopic treatment of middle fossa arachnoid cysts: A series of 40 patients treated endoscopically in two centres

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-172

  Spacca, Barbara ^a   Kandasamy, Jothy ^b   Mallucci, Conor L ^b   Genitori, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Middle fossa arachnoid cyst; Neuroendoscopy; Neuronavigation; Paediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLEEDING; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYGROMA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SUBDURAL HYGROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949267183     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-0952-1     Document Type: Article

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