Is there a correlation between operative results and change in ventricular volume after shunt placement? A study of 60 cases of idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus

Neuroradiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 377-380

  Meier, Ullrich ^a   Paris, S ^a   Grawe A ^a   Stockheim, D ^a   Hajdukova, A ^a   Mutze, S ^a  

^a Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrostatic valves; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Shunt surgery; Ventricular size

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0038268483     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-003-0989-x     Document Type: Article

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