The role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the treatment of communicating hydrocephalus

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 555-560

  Rangel Castilla, Leonardo ^a   Barber, Sean ^a   Zhang, Yi Jonathan ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communicating hydrocephalus; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862798483     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.06.038     Document Type: Review

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