Lumboperitoneal shunt for idiopathic intracranial hypertension: Patients' selection and outcome

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-244

  El Saadany, Waleed F ^a   Farhoud, Ahmed ^a,b   Zidan, Ihab ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b El Raml Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

CSF diversion procedures; CSF pressure; Headache; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Lumboperitoneal shunt; Papilledema

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; FUROSEMIDE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT; MALE; MANOMETRY; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPILLEDEMA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNT OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859717846     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: 14372320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-011-0350-5     Document Type: Article

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