New valves - New dangers? 22 valves (38 probes) designed in the 'nineties in ultralong-term tests (365 days)

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-26

  Oikonomou, J ^a   Aschoff, A ^a   Hashemi, B ^a   Kunze, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bench test; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cerebrospinal fluid shunts; CSF overdrainage; Gravitational valves; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT; FUNCTION TEST; GRAVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; VALVE;

EID: 0033395387     PISSN: 09396764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1072307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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