Abdominal cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst: A complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt in children

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 267-273

  Roitberg, Ben Zion ^a,b   Tomita, Tadanori ^a   McLone, David G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Child; Pseudocyst; Treatment outcome; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0032411143     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028734     Document Type: Article

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