Predicting who will benefit from endoscopic third ventriculostomy compared with shunt insertion in childhood hydrocephalus using the ETV success score: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 310-315

  Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^a   Drake, James M ^a   Kestle, John R W ^b   Mallucci, Conor L ^c   Sgouros, Spyros ^d,n   Constantini, Shlomi ^e   Hader, W ^f   Hamilton, M ^f   Cochrane, D D ^g   Steinbok, P ^g   Vassilyadi, M ^h   Ventureyra, E ^h   Dirks, P B ^a   Drake, J M ^a   Rutka, J T ^a   Van Der Stoel, A ^a   Veltman, I ^a   Howes, W ⁱ   McNeely, P D ⁱ   Walling, S A ⁱ   Ranger, A ^j   Atkinson, J ^k   Farmer, J P ^k   Montes, J ^k   Aronyk, K ^l   Mehta, V ^l   McDonald, P J ^m   more..

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

ⁱ IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^j LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^k MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^m CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

ⁿ NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

more..

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Endoscopy; Hydrocephalus; Pediatric neurosurgery; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THIRD VENTRICLE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 77957907105     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.8.PEDS103     Document Type: Article

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