Shunt survival after failed endoscopic treatment of hydrocephalus: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 463-470

  Warf, Benjamin C ^a,b   Bhai, Salman ^c   Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^d   Mugamba, John ^e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Global Health and Social Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Africa; Choroid plexus cauterization; Developing countries; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Shunt outcome

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHUNT INFECTION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAUTERY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEUROENDOSCOPY; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 84870704663     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.9.PEDS1236     Document Type: Article

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