Multiple shunt system revisions in patients with hydrocephalus - Causes, effects, regularities and prognostic factors

Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 404-410

  Daszkiewicz, Paweł ^a   Barszcz, Sławomir ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; Hydrocephalus; Shunt malfunction; Shunt system; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHUNTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36749064867     PISSN: 00283843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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