Myelomeningocele: The management of the associated hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1569-1579

  Tamburrini, G ^a   Frassanito, P ^a   Iakovaki, K ^a   Pignotti, F ^a   Rendeli, C ^a   Murolo, D ^a   Di Rocco, C ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

ETV; Hydrocephalus; Myelomeningocele; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROSURGEON; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 84884526623     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-013-2179-4     Document Type: Review

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