The Miethke dual switch valve: Experience in 169 adult patients with different kinds of hydrocephalus: An open field study

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 147-153

  Hertel, F ^a   Zuchner M ^b   Decker, C ^b   Schill, S ^c   Bosniak, I ^c   Bettag, M ^b  

^a Department of Neurosurgery   (Germany)

^b Rijkshospidalet ^*  (Germany)

^c Euromedizinalkolleg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications; DSV; Hydrocephalus; Miethke dual switch valve; Overdrainage; Shunt systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMPLANTATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MIETHKE DUAL SWITCH VALVE; MORTALITY; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SHUNTING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 46849114535     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1065337     Document Type: Review

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