The international infant hydrocephalus study: Concept and rational

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 338-345

  Sgouros, S ^a   Kulkharni, A V ^b   Constantini, S ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Infantile hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopy; Ventricular shunt

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SHUNTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 33645282240     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-1253-y     Document Type: Article

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