Shunt assistant valve: Bench test investigations and clinical performance

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 492-499

  Tokoro, Kazuhiko ^a   Suzuki, Shin Ichi ^b   Chiba, Yasuhiro ^a   Tsuda, Masako ^a  

^a KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antisiphon; Hydrostatic valve; Overdrainage; Programmable adjustable pressure valve; Shunt assistant valve; Siphon effect

Indexed keywords

TANTALUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LOW PRESSURE SYNDROME; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION; VALVE;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; POSTURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0036817778     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0625-9     Document Type: Article

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