Five-year survival and outcome of treatment for postinfectious hydrocephalus in Ugandan infants: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 502-508

  Warf, Benjamin C ^a,b   Dagi, Ariella R ^c   Kaaya, Brian Nsubuga ^d   Schiff, Steven J ^e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda   (Uganda)

^e The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Choroid plexus cauterization; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Outcome; Postinfectious hydrocephalus; Survival; Uganda; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA;

AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 80655147979     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.8.PEDS11221     Document Type: Article

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