Lumbar subcutaneous shunt: A novel technique for therapeutic decision making in normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) and benign intracranial hypertension (BIH)

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 678-681

  Ushewokunze, S ^a   Haja Mydin, H N ^a   Prasad, R ^a   Mendelow, A D ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communicating hydrocephalus; Lumbar subcutaneous shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; ISCHIALGIA; LIQUORRHEA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUMBAR SUBCUTANEOUS SHUNT; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEUROSURGERY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549089928     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690802007883     Document Type: Article

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