On the optimal opening pressure of hydrostatic valves in cases of idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus: A prospective randomized study with 122 patients

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-109

  Meier, Ullrich ^a   Kiefer, Michael ^b   Lemcke, Johannes ^a  

^a Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin ^*  (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications; Hydrostatic valves; Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; Outcome; Shunt operation; Valve opening pressure rating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRAIN; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVE;

EID: 18844383428     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnq.0000162225.66254.95     Document Type: Article

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