The comparative effectiveness of ventricular shunt placement versus endoscopic third ventriculostomy for initial treatment of hydrocephalus in infants: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 295-300

  Jernigan, Sarah C ^a   Berry, Jay G ^a   Graham, Dionne A ^a   Goumnerova, Liliana ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ETV; Hydrocephalus; Infants; Outcome; Ventricular shunt

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DIVERSION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRAINAGE CATHETER; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; ODDS RATIO; REOPERATION; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 84895485471     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.11.PEDS13138     Document Type: Article

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