Problems encountered with a programmable pressure valve (SOPHY) positioned in the chest wall

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-45

  Fuse, Takahisa ^a   Takagi, Takuji ^a   Fukushima, Tsuneyuki ^a   Hashimoto, Nobukazu ^a   Karasawa, Kunio ^a   Yamada, Kazuo ^b  

^a Nagoya City Higashi General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

complication; programmable pressure valve; V P shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; DEVICE; ENCEPHALOCELE; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCALP; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX WALL; VALVE;

AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MENINGOMYELOCELE; THORAX; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0030023060     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Fuse T, Takagi T, Tan EC, Mizuno S, Sugino F, Fukushima T, Ohno M, Nagai H; Experience with shunting operation using the Sophy programmable pressure valve: clinical analysis of 53 cases. Current Treatment for Hydrocephalus 4: 27-31, 1994