Revision rate of pediatric ventriculoperitoneal shunts after 15 years: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-19

  Stone, Jonathan J ^a   Walker, Corey T ^a   Jacobson, Maxwell ^a   Phillips, Valerie ^a   Silberstein, Howard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Complication; Hydrocephalus; Revision; Survival; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CATHETER OCCLUSION; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872194514     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.9.PEDS1298     Document Type: Article

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