Shunt malfunction caused by mischievous twisting of the valve by the patient: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 238-240

  Nabika, Shinya ^a   Oki, Shuichi ^a   Sumida, Masayuki ^a   Isobe, Naoyuki ^a   Sutton, Leslie N ^b   Adelson, P David ^b   Tashiro, Yazuru ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY ASA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Pressure programmable shunt system; Shunt malfunction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALVE; VOMITING;

EID: 0038386829     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000071003.90532.B2     Document Type: Article

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