Indications for shunt insertion or III ventriculostomy in hydrocephalic children, guided by lumbar and intraventricular infusion tests

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 213-217

  Bech, Rachid Azeddine ^a   Bøgeskov, Lars ^a   Børgesen, Svend Erik ^a   Juhler, Marianne ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Infant; Lumar infusion test; Shunts; Ventricular infusion test; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFUSION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033012596     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050374     Document Type: Article

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