Four-year experience with the routine use of the programmable Hakim valve in the management of children with hydrocephalus

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1127-1134

  Rohde, V ^a   Mayfrank, L ^a   Ramakers, V Th ^a   Gilsbach, J M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Hydrocephalus; Low ICP syndrome; Pressure adjustable valve; Slit ventricle syndrome; Underdrainage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYGROMA; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REOPERATION; SOFTWARE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0031785844     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050226     Document Type: Article

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