A new ventriculoperitoneal shunt with a telemetric intracranial pressure sensor: Clinical experience in 94 patients with hydrocephalus

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 931-935

  Miyake, Hiroji ^a   Ohta, Tomio ^a   Kajimoto, Yoshinaga ^a   Matsukawa, Masanori ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; ICP; Programmable valve; Telemetric; V P shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0030920286     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199705000-00009     Document Type: Article

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