Postoperative cerebrospinal fluid wound leakage as a predictor of shunt infection: A prospective analysis of 205 cases: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-169

  Jeelani, N U Owase ^a,b   Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^b   DeSilva, Pani ^a   Thompson, Dominic N P ^a   Hayward, Richard D ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Hydrocephalus; Pediatric neurosurgery; Shunt infection; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION RISK; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNT INFECTION; SURGICAL APPROACH;

AGE FACTORS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349207557     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.3.PEDS08458     Document Type: Article

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