Management of post-tubercular hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1699-1707

  Tandon, Vivek ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Tubercular hydrocephalus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; FUROSEMIDE; HYALURONIDASE; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIQUORRHEA; MENINGITIS; NONCOMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNT OBSTRUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGEON; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING;

HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 80054701172     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-011-1482-1     Document Type: Article

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