Three steps forward and 2 steps back: The Echternach procession toward optimal hydrocephalus treatment

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue , 2007, Pages 105-110

  Warf, Benjamin C ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; CAUTERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HISTORY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY; UGANDA; BRAIN INTERVENTRICULAR FORAMEN; CHOROID PLEXUS; EPENDYMA; HYDRODYNAMICS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

HISTORY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; THERAPY;

EID: 84964253292     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: 15244040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000376     Document Type: Conference Paper

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