Markedly Improved Success Rate of Endoscopically Assisted Third Ventriculostomy Is Achieved by Routine Placement of External Lumbar Drain

Markedly Improved Success Rate of Endoscopically Assisted Third Ventriculostomy Is Achieved by Routine Placement of External Lumbar Drain

Hydrocephalus is a major cause of patient decreased quality of life and high health care financial burden in the United States and throughout the world. The placement of ventricular shunts (ventriculoperitoneal shunt) has proven to be a safe treatment for hydrocephalus, but it is associated with a h...

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Main Authors: Justen Watkins, Marc Cabanne, Dan Miulli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2017-04-01
Series:Journal of Neurological Surgery Reports
Subjects:
endoscopically assisted third ventriculostomy
lumbar drain
hydrocephalus
ventriculoperitoneal shunt
ventricular shunt
ventricle
cerebrospinal fluid
brain tumor
hemorrhagic stroke
cerebral hemorrhage
neurocysticercosis
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0037-1600915

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