Early programmable valve malfunctions in pediatric hydrocephalus

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2005, Pages 501-507

  Mangano, Francesco T ^a   Menendez, Jose A ^a   Habrock, Tracy ^a   Narayan, Prithvi ^a   Leonard, Jeffrey R ^a   Tae, Sung Park ^a   Smyth, Matthew D ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisiphon device; Cerebrospinal fluid; Hydrocephalus; Pediatric neurosurgery; Programmable valve; Shunt malfunction; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33644672430     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2005.103.6.0501     Document Type: Article

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