Randomized trial of cerebrospinal fluid shunt valve design in pediatric hydrocephalus

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 294-305

  Drake, James M ^a   Kestle, John R W ^b   Milner, Ruth ^b   Cinalli, Giuseppe ^c   Boop, Frederick ^d   Piatt Jr , Joseph ^e   Haines, Stephen ^f   Schiff, Steven J ^g   Cochrane, D Douglas ^b   Steinbok, Paul ^b   MacNeil, Nancy ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Cerebrospinal fluid shunts; Hydrocephalus; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 7344257733     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199808000-00068     Document Type: Article

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