Intraventricular pressure dynamics in patients with ventriculopleural shunts: A telemetric study

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 67-69

  Munshi, Ilyas ^b   Lathrop, Dawn ^b   Madsen, Joseph R ^b   Frim, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CSF shunt; Hydrocephalus; Intraventricular pressure; Telemonitor; Ventriculopleural shunting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; POSTURE; SUPINATION; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0031815443     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028623     Document Type: Article

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