Twenty-year outcome in young adults with childhood hydrocephalus: Assessment of surgical outcome, work participation, and health-related quality of life - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 527-535

  Paulsen, A Henriette ^a   Lundar, Tryggve ^a   Lindegaard, Karl Fredrik ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

20 Year outcome; Hydrocephalus; Pediatric neurosurgery; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; NORWAY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649861326     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.9.PEDS09548     Document Type: Article

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