International Infant Hydrocephalus Study: initial results of a prospective, multicenter comparison of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) and shunt for infant hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1039-1048

  Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^a   Sgouros, Spyros ^b   Constantini, Shlomi ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; ETV Success Score; Triventricular hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE; SHUNT FAILURE; SHUNT INFECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENTRICULOSTOMY; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; THIRD VENTRICLE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 84964255436     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-016-3095-1     Document Type: Article

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