Use of the ETV Success Score to explain the variation in reported endoscopic third ventriculostomy success rates among published case series of childhood hydrocephalus

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-146

  Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^a   Riva Cambrin, Jay ^b   Browd, Samuel R ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Endoscopy; Pediatric hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY SUCCESS SCORE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FOLLOW UP; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEARCH ENGINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REMISSION INDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THIRD VENTRICLE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 79551697173     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.PEDS10296     Document Type: Article

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