Outcome data and analysis in pediatric neurosurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-106

  Albright, A Leland ^a   Pollack, Ian F ^b   Adelson, P David ^b   Solot, Joshua J ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Outcomes analysis; Pediatric neurosurgery; Shunts; Tethered cords; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOSTOSIS; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033048948     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199907000-00025     Document Type: Article

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