Indications for endoscopic third ventriculostomy in normal pressure hydrocephalus

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 113, 2012, Pages 123-127

  Paidakakos, Nikolaos ^a,b   Borgarello, S ^a   Naddeo, M ^a  

^a CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

CSF outflow resistance (Rout); Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV); External lumbar drainage (ELD); Infusion test; Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH); Shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OUTFLOW RESISTANCE DETERMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXTERNAL LUMBAR DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION TEST; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TAP TEST; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84555178064     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: 00016268     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0923-6_25     Document Type: Article

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