Perioperative risk factors for short term shunt revisions in adult hydrocephalus patients

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1248-1253

  Farahmand, D ^a   Hilmarsson, H ^a   Hogfeldt M ^a   Tisell, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNTING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 72249117366     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.141416     Document Type: Article

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