Cervical myelopathy due to migration of Torkildsen's shunt: Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-30

  Schulder, Michael ^a   Maniker, Allen H ^a   Lee, Huey Jen ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunt; Myelopathy; Subarachnoid shunt; Ventriculocisternal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHUNTING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0032903115     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00433-3     Document Type: Article

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