A multi-institutional, 5-year analysis of initial and multiple ventricular shunt revisions in children

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 445-453

  Berry, Jay G ^a   Hall, Matthew A ^b   Sharma, Vidya ^c   Goumnerova, Liliana ^a   Slonim, Anthony D ^d   Shah, Samir S ^e,f  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Child Health Corporation of America   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childrens hospital; Hospital volume; Revision; Variation; Ventricular shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 41749085224     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000316012.20797.04     Document Type: Article

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