Epidemiology of ventriculostomy in the United States from 1997 to 2001

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 213-218

  Sekula, R F ^a   Cohen, D B ^a   Patek, P M ^a   Jannetta, P J ^a   Oh, M Y ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; United States; Ventricular catheter; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INSURANCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 40949161056     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690701832084     Document Type: Article

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