The effectiveness of ventriculocystocisternostomy for suprasellar arachnoid cysts: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-72

  Maher, Cormac O ^a   Goumnerova, Liliana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Suprasellar arachnoid cyst; Ventriculocystocisternostomy; Ventriculocystostomy; Ventriculoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACROCEPHALY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOCYSTOSTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 79251556849     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.10.PEDS10356     Document Type: Article

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