Complications of endoscopic third ventriculostomy: A review

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 643-649

  Bouras, Triantafyllos ^a   Sgouros, Spyros ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Complications; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Late sudden death; Neuroendoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BLEEDING; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; GAZE PARALYSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYGROMA; INTRAVENTRICULAR HEMATOMA; LIQUORRHEA; MEMORY DISORDER; MENINGITIS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEURAL INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SUBDURAL HYGROMA; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 79958062514     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.4.PEDS10503     Document Type: Review

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