Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for the management of chiari i and related hydrocephalus: Outcome and pathogenetic implications

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 950-956

  Massimi, Luca ^a   Pravatà, Emanuele ^a   Tamburrini, Gianpiero ^a   Gaudino, Simona ^a   Pettorini, Benedetta ^a   Novegno, Federica ^a   Colosimo, Cesare ^a   Rocco, Concezio Di ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chiari type I malformation; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Posterior cranial fossa; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952899825     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318208f1f3     Document Type: Article

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