Is it possible to minimize overdrainage complications with gravitational units in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus? Protocol of the randomized controlled SVASONA trial (ISRCTN51046698)

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 106, 2009, Pages 113-115

  Lemcke, J ^a   Meier, U ^f   Muller C ^f   Fritsch, M ^b   Eymann, R ^c   Kiefer, M ^c   Kehler, U ^d   Langer, N ^d   Rohde, V ^f   Ludwig, H Ch ^f   Weber, F ^e   Remenez, V ^f   Schuhmann, M ^f   Stengel, D ^b  

^a UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d ASKLEPIOS KLINIK ALTONA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^f Hospital Cologne Merheim ^*

Author keywords

gravitational; hydrocephalus; idiopathic; Overdrainage; SVASONA trial

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OVERDRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GRAVITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 78649384737     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-98811-4_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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