Obstruction of a Codman-Hakim programmable valve by a migrating pressure control cam. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2005, Pages 270-271

  Shimizu, Satoru ^a   Utsuki, Satoshi ^a   Suzuki, Sachio ^a   Oka, Hidehiro ^a   Fujii, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pediatric neurosurgery; Pressure control cam; Programmable valve; Shunt failure

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; OBSTRUCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD INJURY; PRESSURE;

PLASTIC;

CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; PLASTICS; PRESSURE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 27244439664     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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