Role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy and ventriculoperitoneal shunt in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: Preliminary results of a randomized clinical trial

Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 845-853

  Pinto, Fernando Campos Gomes ^a   Saad, Felippe ^a   Oliveira, Matheus Fernandes De ^b   Pereira, Renan Muralho ^a   Miranda, Fernanda Letkaske De ^a   Tornai, Juliana Benevenuto ^a   Lopes, Maria Izabel Romão ^a   Ribas, Eduardo Santamaria Carvalhal ^a   Valinetti, Emilia Aparecida ^a   Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunts; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 84876700246     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318285b37c     Document Type: Article

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