Comparison of revision rates following endoscopically versus nonendoscopically placed ventricular shunt catheters

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 375-379

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

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscope; Hydrocephalus; Revision rate; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CATHETER; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; OBSTRUCTION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0038246452     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00070-3     Document Type: Article

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