The success of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in children: Analysis of prognostic factors

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 352-359

  Furlanetti, Luciano Lopes ^a,b   Santos, Marcelo Volpon ^a   De Oliveira, Ricardo Santos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopy; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 84884818603     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353619     Document Type: Article

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