Surgery for hydrocephalus in sub-Saharan Africa versus developed nations: A risk-adjusted comparison of outcome

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1711-1717

  Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^a   Warf, Benjamin C ^b,c   Drake, James M ^a   Mallucci, Conor L ^d   Sgouros, Spyros ^e   Constantini, Shlomi ^f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda   (Uganda)

^d ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Endoscopy; Hydrocephalus; Pediatrics; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; RISK; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UGANDA; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 78649330406     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-010-1195-x     Document Type: Article

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