A rare case of shunt malfunction attributable to a broken Codman-Hakim programmable shunt valve after a blow to the head

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 241-243

  Okazaki, T ^a,b   Oki, S ^a   Migita, K ^a   Kurisu, K ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head trauma; Shunt malfunction; Shunt revision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CODMAN HAKIM PROGRAMMABLE SHUNT VALVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; REOPERATION; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 26244443060     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087481     Document Type: Article

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