Experience with the Strata valve in the management of shunt overdrainage

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 95-102

  Kondageski, Charles ^a   Thompson, Dominic ^a   Reynolds, Mandy ^a   Hayward, Richard D ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustable valve; Cerebrospinal fluid; Hydrocephalus; Overdrainage; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NAUSEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NAUSEA; PATIENT ADMISSION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VOMITING;

EID: 34347248337     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2007.106.2.95     Document Type: Article

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