Simultaneous repair of myelomeningocele and shunt insertion

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-109

  Machado, Hélio Rubens ^a   Santos de Oliveira, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain sonography; Color Doppler; CSF infection; Hydrocephalus; Myelomeningocele surgery; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALING; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIQUORRHEA; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROPROTECTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1342325228     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0853-7     Document Type: Article

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