Ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery and the risk of shunt infection in patients with hydrocephalus: Long-term single institution experience

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 155-163

  Reddy, G Kesava ^a   Bollam, Papireddy ^a   Caldito, Gloria ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Shunt complication; Shunt failure; Shunt infection; Shunt revision; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864669588     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.10.034     Document Type: Review

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