Ventriculoperitoneal shunt flow dependency on the number of patent holes in a ventricular catheter

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-11

  Ginsberg, Howard J ^a,b   Sum, Alfred ^b   Drake, James M ^a,b   Cobbold, Richard S C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer models; Hydrocephalus; Minimally invasive surgical procedures; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CATHETER; CAUTERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; COMPUTER MODEL; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033755676     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028979     Document Type: Article

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