Open AccessThirty-Day Hospital Readmission and Surgical Complication Rates for Shunting in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Large National Database Analysis
Author(s) -
Jeffrey Nadel,
David Wilkinson,
Joseph R Linzey,
Cormac O. Maher,
Vikas Kotagal,
Jason Heth
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.455
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1093/neuros/nyz299
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , complication , surgery , hydrocephalus , hematoma , odds ratio , shunting
Research on age-related complications secondary to shunts in normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is primarily limited to single-center studies and small cohorts.