A critical analysis of 'normal' radionucleotide shuntograms in patients subsequently requiring surgery

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 337-341

  O'Brien, D F ^a   Taylor, M ^a   Park, T S ^a   Ojemann, J G ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Hydrocephalus; Overdrainage; Shunt malfunction; Slit ventricle syndrome

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE;

BRAIN VENTRICLE; CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROSURGERY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0038268675     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0752-y     Document Type: Review

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