Complications of ventriculosubgaleal shunts in infants and children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-51

  Tubbs, Richard Shane ^a,b   Banks, Jason T ^b   Soleau, Scott ^b   Smyth, Matthew D ^b   Wellons III, John C ^b   Blount, Jeffrey P ^b   Grabb, Paul A ^b   Oakes, W Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid diversion; Children; Hydrocephalus; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; DURA MATER; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYGROMA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINGITIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SHUNT INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 12444250129     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-0967-6     Document Type: Article

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