Does cerebral perfusion improve following CSF diversion in pediatric hydrocephalus? A prospective study using 99mTc ECD single photon emission computed tomography

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 117-121

  Nayak, Pralay Kumar ^a   Agrawal, Deepak ^a   Gowda, Naveen K ^a   Bal, C S ^a   Mahapatra, A K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral perfusion; Clinical outcome; Hydrocephalus; Single photon emission computed tomography; Ventricular size; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 21344454435     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085867     Document Type: Article

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