First clinical results with a telemetric shunt-integrated ICP-sensor

Neurological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-120

  Richard, Karl E ^a,d   Block, Franz R ^b   Weiser, Roland R ^c  

^a Neurosurgical Hosp Heinrich H   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Telemeasurement GmbH   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; ICP; Noninvasive measurement; Shunting; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MONITORING; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REMOTE SENSING; SHUNTING; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0032985145     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1999.11740906     Document Type: Article

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