A comparative study of the Spiegelberg Compliance Device with a manual volume-injection method: A clinical evaluation in patients with hydrocephalus

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 581-586

  Piper, I ^a,b   Spiegelberg, A ^a,c   Whittle, I ^a   Signorini, D ^a   Mascia, L ^a,d  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Spiegelberg Gmbh and Co KG   (Germany)

^d Instituto Di Anesthesiologia E R   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compliance; ICP; Method comparison

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PARENCHYMA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033428879     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699943097     Document Type: Article

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