Rescue endoscopic third ventriculostomy for repeated shunt blockage

The role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is getting more popular for all types of hydrocephalus. It has several advantages and is also being considered for malfunctioning of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. A 16-year-old child had fourteen shunt revisions in his life. He was eventually treated...

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Autores principales: Goyal, Puneet K., Meher, Sujit K., Singh, Daljit, Singh, Hukum, Tandon, Monica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3173926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21977099
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.84419
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author Goyal, Puneet K.
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Tandon, Monica
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description The role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is getting more popular for all types of hydrocephalus. It has several advantages and is also being considered for malfunctioning of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. A 16-year-old child had fourteen shunt revisions in his life. He was eventually treated with ETV with successful result. Repeated shunt failure can be an additional indication of ETV.
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spelling pubmed-31739262011-10-04 Rescue endoscopic third ventriculostomy for repeated shunt blockage Goyal, Puneet K. Meher, Sujit K. Singh, Daljit Singh, Hukum Tandon, Monica J Pediatr Neurosci Case Report The role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is getting more popular for all types of hydrocephalus. It has several advantages and is also being considered for malfunctioning of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. A 16-year-old child had fourteen shunt revisions in his life. He was eventually treated with ETV with successful result. Repeated shunt failure can be an additional indication of ETV. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3173926/ /pubmed/21977099 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.84419 Text en © Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Rescue endoscopic third ventriculostomy for repeated shunt blockage
title Rescue endoscopic third ventriculostomy for repeated shunt blockage
title_full Rescue endoscopic third ventriculostomy for repeated shunt blockage
title_fullStr Rescue endoscopic third ventriculostomy for repeated shunt blockage
title_full_unstemmed Rescue endoscopic third ventriculostomy for repeated shunt blockage
title_short Rescue endoscopic third ventriculostomy for repeated shunt blockage
title_sort rescue endoscopic third ventriculostomy for repeated shunt blockage
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3173926/
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