Obstructive hydrocephalus in adult patients: The Louisiana state university health sciences center-Shreveport experience with ventriculoperitoneal shunts

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 176-182

  Reddy, G Kesava ^a   Shi, Runhua ^b   Guthikonda, Bharat ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Reoperation; Shunt complication; Shunt failure; Shunt revision; Shunt surgery; Ventricular drainage

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CYST; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROSURGERY; OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SHUNT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051765326     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.01.032     Document Type: Review

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