Outcomes of ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion in Sub-Saharan Africa: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 329-335

  Gathura, Esther ^a   Poenaru, Dan ^a   Bransford, Richard ^a   Albright, A Leland ^a  

^a AIC KIJABE HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Chhabra shunt; Hydrocephalus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINA BIFIDA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; KENYA; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957918325     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.7.PEDS09543     Document Type: Article

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