Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt requirement in children with posterior fossa tumours: An 11-year audit

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 467-470

  Kumar, V ^a   Phipps, K ^a   Harkness, W ^a   Hayward, R D ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunts; Hydrocephalus; Paediatric neurosurgery; Posterior fossa tumours

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; EPENDYMOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0029852316     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699647096     Document Type: Article

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