Evaluation of shunt malfunction using shunt site reservoir

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 180-186

  Sood, Sandeep ^a,b   Canady, A I ^a   Ham, Steven D ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Shunt malfunction; Shunt site reservoir

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033839269     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028931     Document Type: Article

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