Valve inclination influences the performance of gravity-assisted valve

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-18

  Park, Jaechan ^a   Kim, Gyoung Ju ^b   Hwang, Sung Kyoo ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gravity assisted valve; Hydrocephalus; Opening pressure; Underdrainage; Valve inclination; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAVITY ASSISTED VALVE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PROSTHESIS; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 34250687905     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.10.035     Document Type: Article

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