Shunt implantation in a special sub-group of post-traumatic hydrocephalus - Patients have normal intracranial pressure without clinical representations of hydrocephalus

Brain Injury

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-64

  Wen, L ^a   Wan, S ^a   Zhan, R Y ^a   Li, G ^a   Gong, J B ^a   Liu, W G ^a   Yang, X F ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Post traumatic hydrocephalus; Prognostic factor; Shunt implantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; POST TRAUMATIC HYDROCEPHALUS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59249098546     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050802635265     Document Type: Article

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