Peri-operative risk factors for short-term revision in adult hydrocephalus patients

Dan Farahmand (1) , Halfdan Hilmarsson (1) , Mats Högfeldt (1) , Magnus Tisell (1)

1 Institute of Clinical Neuroscience

The aim of this study was to prospectively study perioperative variables associated with revision after shunt surgery for adult hydrocephalus.

Mots clés: CSF; DEMENTIA; GAIT; NEUROSURGERY; SURGERY; Adult; Hydrocephalus; Revision; Shunt; Shunt failure

Dan Farahmand, Halfdan Hilmarsson, Mats Högfeldt, Magnus Tisell. Peri-operative risk factors for short-term revision in adult hydrocephalus patients. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2009, 80 (11), pp.1248. ⟨10.1136/jnnp.2007.141416⟩. ⟨hal-00552708⟩