Cranioplasty Infection and Resorption Are Associated with the Presence of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 103, Issue , 2017, Pages 686-693

  Mustroph, Christian M ^a   Malcolm, James G ^a   Rindler, Rima S ^a   Chu, Jason K ^a   Grossberg, Jonathan A ^a   Pradilla, Gustavo ^a   Ahmad, Faiz U ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniectomy; Cranioplasty; Infection; Resorption; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CRANIOPLASTY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEWCASTLE-OTTAWA SCALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HYDROCEPHALUS; OSTEITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

BONE RESORPTION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; OSTEITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 85019958360     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.04.066     Document Type: Review

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