Long-term results of cystoperitoneal shunt placement for the treatment of arachnoid cysts in children: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 302-305

  Zhang, Bin ^a   Zhang, Yuqi ^a,b   Ma, Zhenyu ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Children; Hydrocephalus; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARACHNOID CYST; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOPERITONEAL SHUNT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DROWSINESS; EROSION; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYGROMA; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SHUNTING; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SYLVIAN FISSURE; VOMITING;

EID: 84868364207     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.7.PEDS11540     Document Type: Article

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