Laparoscopic versus open insertion of the peritoneal catheter in ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement: Review of 810 consecutive cases - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-158

  Naftel, Robert P ^a   Argo, Joshua L ^b   Shannon, Chevis N ^a   Taylor, Tracy H ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^c   Clements, Ronald H ^d   Harrigan, Mark R ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Hydrocephalus; Laparoscopy; Minilaparotomy; Shunt failure; Surgical technique; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959964616     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.JNS101492     Document Type: Article

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