Perforation holes in ventricular catheters-is less more?

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 781-789

  Thomale, Ulrich W ^a   Hosch, Henning ^a   Koch, Arend ^a   Schulz, Matthias ^a   Stoltenburg, Giesela ^a   Haberl, Ernst Johannes ^a   Sprung, Christian ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catheter; Hydrocephalus; Obstruction; Shunt dysfunction; Slit ventricle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VENTRICULAR CATHETER;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954426655     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-1055-8     Document Type: Article

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