Management of Dandy-Walker complex-associated infant hydrocephalus by combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 377-383

  Warf, Benjamin C ^a   Dewan, Michael ^b   Mugamba, John ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus cauterization; Dandy Walker complex; Dandy Walker malformation; Dandy Walker variant; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Mega cisterna magna

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CHOROID PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CAUTERY; CHOROID PLEXUS; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 80053508769     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.7.PEDS1198     Document Type: Article

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