Minimally invasive neurosurgery for cerebrospinal fluid disorders

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 653-672

  Guillaume, Daniel J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; AQUEDUCTOPLASTY; ARACHNOID CYST; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CIRCULATION DISORDER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIPLOPIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FORAMINOPLASTY; FOURTH VENTRICULAR OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; HEMATOMA; HERNIA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYGROMA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LAMINA TERMINALIS FENESTRATION; LYSIS OF INTRAVENTRICULAR ADHESION; MENTAL DISEASE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPTUM PELLUCIDOTOMY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEAKNESS;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENDOSCOPY; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 77957821730     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2010.07.005     Document Type: Review

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