Evaluation of the Miethke dual-switch valve in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-127

  Meier, Ullrich ^a   Kiefer, Michael ^b   Sprung, Christian ^c  

^a UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Miethke dual switch valve; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Overdrainage; Prognosis; Shunt operation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION RATE; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; VALVE; VERTIGO;

EID: 0742307193     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2003.05.003     Document Type: Article

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