The incidence of inguinal complications after ventriculoperitoneal shunt for hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-47

  Çelik, Ahmet ^a   Ergün, Orkan ^a   Arda, M Surhan ^a   Yurtseven, Taşkin ^a   Erşahin, Yusuf ^a   Balik, Erol ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Groin manifestation; Inguinal hernia; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGOMYELOCELE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATENT PROCESSUS VAGINALIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TELEPHONE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 12444291003     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-0954-y     Document Type: Article

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