Long-term operative failure of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in pediatric patients: The role of cine phase-contrast MR imaging

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Faggin, Roberto ^a   Calderone, Milena ^a   Denaro, Luca ^a   Meneghini, Luisa ^a   d'Avella, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cine phase contrast MR imaging; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Pediatric hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIRD VENTRICLE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 79955393045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.FOCUS10303     Document Type: Article

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