Ventriculoperitoneal shunt 30-day failure rate: A retrospective international cohort study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-34

  Al Tamimi, Yahia Z ^a   Sinha, Priyank ^a   Chumas, Paul D ^a   Crimmins, Darach ^b   Drake, James ^c   Kestle, John ^d   Hayward, Richard ^e   Solanki, Guirish A ^f   Thomson, Simon ^a   Thorne, John ^g  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Pediatric; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; INFANT; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGEON; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNTING; SURVIVAL FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRICS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 84891829128     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000196     Document Type: Article

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