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01-05-2007 | Case Report

Two-step surgical treatment using miniature Ommaya’s reservoirs for a neonate with multiple large arachnoid cysts

Authors: Hitoshi Kawamoto, Fusao Ikawa, Yasutaka Imada, Humihide Katoh, Akihiro Hasegawa

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 5/2007

Abstract

Method

We followed a two-step surgical strategy using miniature Ommaya’s reservoirs in an early neonate with multiple large arachnoid cysts.

Conclusion

Percutaneous fluid aspiration through the reservoirs placed during the first operation permitted the infant to develop sufficiently to withstand the second, more radical cyst wall excision.

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Title: Two-step surgical treatment using miniature Ommaya’s reservoirs for a neonate with multiple large arachnoid cysts
Authors: Hitoshi Kawamoto
Fusao Ikawa
Yasutaka Imada
Humihide Katoh
Akihiro Hasegawa
Publication date: 01-05-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Child's Nervous System / Issue 5/2007
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-006-0257-6

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Two-step surgical treatment using miniature Ommaya’s reservoirs for a neonate with multiple large arachnoid cysts

Abstract

Method

Conclusion

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Abstract

Method

Conclusion

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