Timing of ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion following spina bifida closure in Kenya

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1523-1528

  Margaron, Franklin C ^a   Poenaru, Dan ^b   Bransford, Richard ^b   Albright, A Leland ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AIC KIJABE HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^c University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Hydrocephalus; Kenya; Spina bifida; Ventriculoperitoneal shunting

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; KENYA; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; SPINA BIFIDA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGE FACTORS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 78649322959     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-010-1156-4     Document Type: Article

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