Clinical experience with the Sophy® adjustable valve in the treatment of hydrocephalus in the adult. Report on 147 cases;Experience clinique de la valve reglable Sophy® dans le traitement de l'hydrocephalie de l'adulte. Une serie de 147 cas

Neurochirurgie

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 98-109

  Bret, Ph ^a   Guyotat, J ^a   Ricci, A C ^a   Mottolese, C ^a   Jouanneau, E ^a  

^a Hop Neurologique N   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunt; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Sophy valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVE; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT; BRAIN TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0032795565     PISSN: 00283770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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