Cerebrospinal fluid shunt survival and etiology of failures: A seven-year institutional experience

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 248-255

  McGirt, Matthew J ^a   Leveque, Jean Christophe ^a   Wellons III, John C ^a   Villavicencio, Alan T ^a   Hopkins, John S ^a   Fuchs, Herbert E ^a   George, Timothy M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Shunt failure; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHUNT INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036281845     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000058428     Document Type: Article

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