Long-term outcome in 109 adult patients operated on for hydrocephalus

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 214-221

  Tisell, Magnus ^a,b   Hellstrom P ^a   Ahl Borjesson G ^a   Barrows, G ^a   Blomsterwall, E ^a   Tullberg, M ^a   Wikkelso C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult hydrocephalus; Long term outcome; Standardized mortality ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONCOMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748494449     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690600852324     Document Type: Article

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