Evaluation of the ShuntCheck noninvasive thermal technique for shunt flow detection in hydrocephalic patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 198-205

  Madsen, Joseph R ^a   Abazi, Gani S ^a   Fleming, Laurel ^a   Proctor, Mark ^a   Grondin, Ron ^a,b   Magge, Suresh ^a,c   Casey, Peter ^a   Anor, Tomer ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow detection; Hydrocephalus; Noninvasive; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; REOPERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650917860     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3181fe2db6     Document Type: Article

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