Clinical evaluation of shunt implantations using Sophy programmable pressure valves: Comparison with Codman-Hakim programmable valves

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 557-561

  Katano, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Karasawa, Kunio ^a   Sugiyama, Naotake ^a   Yamashita, Nobuko ^a   Ohkura, Atsuhiko ^a   Kamiya, Ken ^a  

^a Nagoya City Higashi General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Codman Hakim programmable valve; Complication; Shunt; Sophy programmable valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CODMAN HAKIM PROGRAMMABLE VALVE; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNTING; SOPHY PROGRAMMABLE PRESSURE VALVE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0141782191     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(03)00125-5     Document Type: Article

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