Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
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The multicenter National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-Pediatric (NSQIP-P) database maintained by the American College of Surgeons was used to describe 30-day outcomes following Chiari type 1 decompression in children and to identify risk factors for readmission, reoperation, and perioperative complications. ⋯ The NSQIP-P database was used to describe surgical outcomes of posterior cranial fossa decompression in a US nationwide sample of 1459 children with Chiari type 1 malformation. The overall recorded adverse rate was low. Longer operative times and length of hospital stay ≥5 days during the index admission were associated with perioperative adverse events.