Use of programmable versus nonprogrammable shunts in the management of hydrocephalus secondary to aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: A retrospective study with cost-benefit analysis

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 899-903

  Lee, Lester ^a   King, Nicolas K K ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Ng, Yew Poh ^a   Rao, Jai ^a   Ng, Huiyu ^a   Lee, Kah Keow ^a   Wang, Ernest ^a   Ng, Ivan ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Hydrocephalus; Shunt; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Vascular disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONPROGRAMMABLE SHUNT; PROGRAMMABLE SHUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL DEFECT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 84907868633     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.3.JNS131088     Document Type: Article

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