title: Follow up and surgical considerations on a series of patients operated on for non tumoral aqueductal stenosis.
abstract: A series of 90 patients operated on between 1966 and 1983 in the Neurosurgical Division of USL 10/D (Florence) for non tumoral aqueductal stenosis is presented. The Authors discuss the different of shunts used and the follow up which is favourable in patients operated on with an early diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D002535:Cerebral Aqueduct; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011788:Quality of Life