Failure of open third ventriculostomy for shunt infections in infants

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 305-309

  Akdemir, Hidayet ^a,b   Kurtsoy, Ali ^a   Öktem, I Suat ^a   Menkü, Ahmet ^a   Koç, R Kemal ^a   Tucer, Bülent ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Infection; Shunt; Third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032854117     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028815     Document Type: Article

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