Factors predicting the need for cerebrospinal fluid diversion following posterior fossa tumor surgery in children

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-101

  Gopalakrishnan, C V ^a   Dhakoji, Amit ^a   Menon, Girish ^a   Nair, Suresh ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid diversion; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Pediatric neurosurgery; Posterior fossa tumor; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DIVERSION; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGITIS; NEUROSURGERY; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNTING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 84871015906     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343009     Document Type: Article

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