Toward reducing shunt placement rates in patients with myelomeningocele

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 361-365

  Chakraborty, Aabir ^a   Crimmins, Darach ^b   Hayward, Richard ^a   Thompson, Dominic ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Myelomeningocele; Shunt placement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRICULOMEGALY;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43449085518     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/1/5/361     Document Type: Article

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