Visual field constriction in children with shunt-treated hydrocephalus: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 481-485

  Rudolph, Diana ^a   Sterker, Ina ^a   Graefe, Gerd ^a   Till, Holger ^a   Ulrich, Anett ^a   Geyer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Hydrocephalus; Ophthalmological outcome; Shunt; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HETEROPHORIA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOTROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT; VERTICAL STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOMETROPIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRABISMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649752483     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.8.PEDS1042     Document Type: Article

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