Continuous monitoring of intracranial pressure after endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the management of CSF shunt failure

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 49-54

  Elgamal, E A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; External ventricular drain; Intracranial pressure monitor; Shunt malfunction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNT OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953656953     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: 14392291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249101     Document Type: Article

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