Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the treatment of childhood hydrocephalus: Validation of a success score that predicts long-term outcome - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 489-493

  Durnford, Andrew J ^a   Kirkham, Fenella J ^b   Mathad, Nijaguna ^a   Sparrow, Owen C E ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Outcome; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT T TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 80655137832     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.8.PEDS1166     Document Type: Article

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