Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in obstructive infantile hydrocephalus: Remarks about the so-called 'unsuccessful cases'

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 435-441

  Gallo, Pasquale ^a   Szathmari, Alexandru ^a   De Biasi, Sara ^b   Mottolese, Carmine ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Infancy; Obstructive hydrocephalus; Outcome shunt malfunction; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANASTOMOSIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOCELE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IDIOPATHIC AQUEDUCTAL STENOSIS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; MALE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIGEMINAL CISTERN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 79955428495     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324913     Document Type: Article

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