Neuroendoscopic biopsy of ventricular tumors: A multicentric experience

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Oppido, Piero Andrea ^a   Fiorindi, Alessandro ^d   Benvenuti, Lucia ^b   Cattani, Fabio ^a   Cipri, Saverio ^c   Gangemi, Michelangelo ^e   Godano, Umberto ^f   Longatti, Pierluigi ^d   Mascari, Carmelo ^f   Morace, Enzo ^a   Tosatto, Luigino ^g  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Livorno Hospital   (Italy)

^c Hospital of Reggio Calabria   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic biopsy; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Intraventricular tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIRD VENTRICLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955459739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.FOCUS10326     Document Type: Article

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