To shunt or to fenestrate: which is the best surgical treatment for arachnoid cysts in pediatric patients?

The treatment options for intracranial arachnoid cysts are either craniotomy and fenestration of the cyst into the cerebrospinal fluid spaces or shunting of the cyst contents extracranially. Fenestration may eliminate the need to shunt, but it is a major operative procedure and is not always success...

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Veröffentlicht in:Neurosurgery 1988-09, Vol.23 (3), p.338-342
Hauptverfasser: RAFFEL, C, MCCOMB, J. G
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