Sports and Pediatric Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts: Who Can Play?

Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1190-1198

  Blount, Jeffrey P ^a,c   Severson, Meryl ^b   Atkins, Vickie ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^a   Smyth, Matthew D ^a   Wellons, John C ^a   Grabb, Paul A ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^a   McComb, J Gordon ^d   Bailes, Julian E ^d   Drake, James M ^d   Cantu, Robert C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Pediatric Neurosurgery   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Athletics; Cerebrospinal fluid shunts; Complications; Hydrocephalus; Sports

Indexed keywords

CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

EID: 2342650067     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000119236.08000.49     Document Type: Review

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