Clinical experience with a dual switch valve (Miethke) for the management of adult hydrocephalus

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 403-408

  Tsunoda, Akira ^a   Maruki, Chikashi ^a  

^a Koshigaya Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dual switch valve; Hydrocephalus; Intraventricular pressure; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SITTING; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; NOTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 35148847859     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.403     Document Type: Article

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