Shunt removal: Is it ever worth the risks?

Techniques in Neurosurgery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 219-223

  Whitehead, William E ^a   Walker, Marion L ^a  

^a PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HYDROCEPHALUS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHUNTING;

EID: 0035743742     PISSN: 10772855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00127927-200207030-00009     Document Type: Review

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