Treatment of hydrocephalus determined by the European Orbis Sigma Valve II survey: A multicenter prospective 5-year shunt survival study in children and adults in whom a flow-regulating shunt was used

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-57

  Hanlo, Patrick W ^a   Cinalli, Giuseppe ^b   Vandertop, W Peter ^b   Faber, Joop A J ^b   Bøgeskov, Lars ^b   Børgesen, Svend E ^b   Boschert, Jürgen ^b   Chumas, Paul ^b   Eder, Hans ^b   Pople, Ian K ^b   Serlo, Willy ^b   Vitzthum, Eckehard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunt system; Flow regulation; Hydrocephalus; Shunt survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AHUNT OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FLOW REGULATING SHUNT; FLOW REGULATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNT CATHETER MISPLACEMENT; SHUNT DISCONNECTION; SHUNT FAILURE; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNT MIGRATION; SHUNT OVERDRAINAGE; SHUNT SURVIVAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037971105     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.99.1.0052     Document Type: Article

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