Ventriculoperitoneal shunt complications in California: 1990 to 2000

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 557-562

  Wu, Yvonne ^a   Green, Nella L ^a   Wrensch, Margaret R ^b   Zhao, Shoujun ^a   Gupta, Nalin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hydrocephalus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 34548842232     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000290903.07943.AF     Document Type: Article

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