Unplanned shunt readmission: what does it really look like?
The 90-day readmission rate after index shunt surgery was 21%. Drivers of readmission-including socioeconomic status and hydrocephalus severity-were a function of the type of readmission.
Authors
- Brandy Vaughn
- Dale W. Laird (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4568-3285)
- Kaan Yağmurlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7635-2809)
- John Edwards Dugan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0634-0582)
- Nir Shimony (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7930-8782)
- Emal Lesha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8902-3537)
- Paul Klimo
Institutions
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- Neuroscience Institute (IT)
- Semmes Murphey Foundation (US)
- Le Bonheur Children's Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-04-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2024.12.peds24260
- Primary Topic
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00