The necessity of shunt series: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 468-473

  Vassilyadi, Michael ^a,b   Tataryn, Zac L ^a   Alkherayf, Fahad ^b   Udjus, Kristin ^a   Ventureyra, Enrique C G ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Hydrocephalus; Shunt fracture; Shunt revision; Shunt series

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNT FRACTURE; SHUNT SERIES; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649743730     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.8.PEDS09557     Document Type: Article

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