The slit ventricle syndrome

D A Bruce; B Weprin

The slit ventricle syndrome

Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2001 Oct;12(4):709-17, viii.

Authors

D A Bruce¹, B Weprin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX 75230, USA.

PMID: 11524292

Abstract

This article reviews the collection of entities that still are described as slit ventricle syndrome, discusses the various diagnoses, and reviews the investigation and treatment of children with small ventricles after ventricular shunting.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cerebral Ventricles* / pathology
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts*
Child
Humans
Hydrocephalus / surgery*
Intracranial Hypertension / diagnosis
Intracranial Hypertension / etiology
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Prognosis
Syndrome
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*