Outcomes of CSF shunting in children: Comparison of Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network cohort with historical controls

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 334-338

  Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^a   Riva Cambrin, Jay ^b   Butler, Jerry ^b   Browd, Samuel R ^c   Drake, James M ^a   Holubkov, Richard ^b   Kestle, John R W ^b   Limbrick, David D ^d   Simon, Tamara D ^c   Tamber, Mandeep S ^e   Wellons III, John C ^f   Whitehead, William E ^g  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical cohort; Hydrocephalus; Pediatric; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885354431     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.7.PEDS12637     Document Type: Article

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