The predictive value of external continuous lumbar drainage, with cerebrospinal fluid outflow controlled by medium pressure valve, in normal pressure hydrocephalus

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 147, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 953-958

  Panagiotopoulos, V ^a   Konstantinou, D ^a   Kalogeropoulos, A ^a   Maraziotis, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

External lumbar drainage; Medium pressure valve; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DRAINAGE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINATION DISORDERS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 23844468826     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-005-0580-9     Document Type: Article

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