Techniques and complications of external lumbar drainage for normal pressure hydrocephalus

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Governale, Lance S ^a   Fein, Nicole ^a   Logsdon, Jessica ^a   Black, Peter M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; External lumbar drain trial; Length of stay; Normal pressure hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER; FLUOROSCOPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRAINAGE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56749085369     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000327023.18220.88     Document Type: Article

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