Third ventricular shape: A predictor of endoscopic third ventriculostomy success in pediatric patients. Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 389-396

  Foroughi, Mansoor ^a   Wong, Andrew ^a   Steinbok, Paul ^a   Singhal, A S H ^a   Sargent, Michael A ^a   Cochrane, D Douglas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Lamina terminalis; Morphology; Third ventricle; Third ventricle floor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CISTERN; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANUM VASCULOSUM OF THE LAMINA TERMINALIS; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 79953830510     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.PEDS10461     Document Type: Article

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