Infections of pediatric cerebrospinal fluid shunts related to fundoplication and gastrostomy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 365-367

  Bui, Cuong J ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Pate, Gigi ^a   Morgan, Traci ^c   Barnhart, Douglas C ^c   Acakpo Satchivi, Leslie ^a   Wellons III, John C ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^a   Blount, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; Cerebrospinal fluid shunt; Gastrostomy tube; Hydrocephalus; Nissen fundoplication; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION;

COHORT STUDIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 55649090399     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED-07/11/365     Document Type: Article

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