Shunting for the treatment of arachnoid cysts in children

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1632-1636

  Alexiou, George A ^a   Varela, Maria ^a   Sfakianos, George ^a   Prodromou, Neofytos ^a  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Children; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNTING; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYLVIAN FISSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650490995     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3181f94476     Document Type: Article

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