Withdrawal of shunt systems - Clinical use of the programmable shunt system and its effect on hydrocephalus in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 472-477

  Takahashi, Y ^a  

^a Hokkaido Children's Hospital and Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Hydrocephalus; Outcome; Programmable valve; Shunt; Withdrawal of shunt

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMPLANTATION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVE;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0034916304     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810000424     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Overdrainage and shunt technology. A critical comparison of programmable, hydrostatic and variable-resistance valves and flow-reducing devices
2. Possibility in removal of the ventriculo-peritoneal shunt in infant