Open AccessTrends in the Surgical Treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome in the United States
Author(s) -
Ali G. Hamedani,
Dylan Thibault,
Karen Revere,
John Y. K. Lee,
M. Sean Grady,
Allison W. Willis,
Grant T. Liu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jama network open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.278
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2574-3805
DOI - 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.29669
Subject(s) - pseudotumor cerebri , medicine , pediatrics , surgery , intracranial pressure
This cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative hospitalizations uses data from the National Inpatient Sample and 3 national surveys of ambulatory surgery to compare the frequency of use of optic nerve sheath fenestration vs cerebrospinal fluid shunt placement for the treatment of pseudotumor cerebri syndrome.
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