Management of adult hydrocephalus with ventriculoperitoneal shunts: Long-term single-institution experience

Neurosurgery

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 774-780

  Reddy, G Kesava ^a   Bollam, Papireddy ^a   Shi, Runhua ^b   Guthikonda, Bharat ^a   Nanda, Anil ^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 shunts; Hydrocephalus; Shunt complication; Shunt failure; Shunt revision; Shunt surgery; Ventriculoperitoneal shunting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CRANIOTOMY; CYST; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 80053622838     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31821ffa9e     Document Type: Article

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