Nonprogrammable and programmable cerebrospinal fluid shunt valves: A 5-year study - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 462-467

  Hatlen, Timothy J ^a   Shurtleff, David B ^a   Loeser, John D ^a   Ojemann, Jeffrey G ^a   Avellino, Anthony M ^a   Ellenbogen, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Nonprogrammable valve; Programmable valve; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONPROGRAMMABLE VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAMMABLE VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNT INFECTION; VALVE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84860637281     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.1.PEDS10482     Document Type: Article

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