Combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization as primary treatment for infant hydrocephalus: A prospective North American series

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 439-446

  Stone, Scellig S D ^a   Warf, Benjamin C ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus cauterization; Endoscopy; Hydrocephalus; Third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; CAUTERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHOROID PLEXUS CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; INFANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTINFECTIOUS HYDROCEPHALUS; PREPONTINE CISTERN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; VENTRICULOSTOMY; ANASTOMOSIS; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAUTERY; CHOROID PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NORTH AMERICA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 84921932950     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.7.PEDS14152     Document Type: Article

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