Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: Lumboperitoneal shunts versus ventriculoperitoneal shunts - Case series and literature review

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-99

  Abubaker, Khalid ^a   Ali, Zulfiqar ^a   Raza, Kazim ^a   Bolger, Ciaran ^a   Rawluk, Daniel ^a   O'Brien, Donncha ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; lumboperitoneal shunt; ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAPILLEDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SHUNT INFECTION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 79951692007     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2010.544781     Document Type: Article

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