Congenital hydrocephalus and ventriculoperitoneal shunts: Influence of etiology and programmable shunts on revisions - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 547-552

  Notarianni, Christina ^a   Vannemreddy, Prasad ^a   Caldito, Gloria ^b   Bollam, Papireddy ^a   Wylen, Esther ^a   Willis, Brian ^a   Nanda, Anil ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital hydrocephalus; Programmable valve; Shunt; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TREATMENT FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENCEPHALOCELE; EQUIPMENT; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALOCELE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 73349103175     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.PEDS08371     Document Type: Article

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