Shunts in normal-pressure hydrocephalus: Do we place too many or too few?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 815-822

  Stein, Sherman C ^a   Burnett, Mark G ^a   Sonnad, Seema S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunt; Decision analysis; Normal pressure hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHUNTING;

AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBABILITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845483485     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.6.815     Document Type: Article

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