The diagonal ventricular dimension: A method for predicting shunt malfunction on the basis of changes in ventricular size

Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1246-1252

  Mesiwala, Ali H ^a,b   Avellino, Anthony M ^a   Ellenbogen, Richard G ^a   McComb, J Gordon ^c   Sutton, Leslie N ^c   Drake, James M ^c   Milhorat, Thomas H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Hydrocephalus; Shunt; Ventricle; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LINEAR SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHUNTING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036626629     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200206000-00012     Document Type: Article

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