Clinical experience with the use of a shunt with an adjustable valve in children with hydrocephalus

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 471-476

  Zemack, Göran ^a   Bellner, Johan ^a   Siesjö, Peter ^a   Strömblad, Lars Göran ^a   Romner, Bertil ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adjustable valve; Cerebrospinal fluid shunt; Children; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROSURGERY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNT INFECTION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVE;

EID: 0037373558     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.3.0471     Document Type: Article

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