Multiple shunt failures: An analysis of relevant factors

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 271-275

  Lazareff, Jorge A ^a   Peacock, Warwick ^a   Holly, Langston ^a   Ver Halen, Jon ^a   Wong, Anthony ^a   Olmstead, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Monocyte; Shunt failure; Ventricular catheter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MONOCYTES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031817161     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050223     Document Type: Article

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