Ten years of clinical experience in the use of fixed-pressure versus programmable valves: A retrospective study of 159 patients

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 113, 2012, Pages 25-28

  Mpakopoulou, Maria ^a   Brotis, Alexandros G ^a   Gatos, Haralampos ^a   Paterakis, Konstantinos ^a   Fountas, Kostas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fixed pressure valves; Hydrocephalus; Outcome; Programmable pressure valves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; DEVICE INFECTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FIXED PRESSURE VALVE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PROGRAMMABLE PRESSURE VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT VENTRICLE SYNDROME; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; VALVE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INSTRUMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555187189     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: 00016268     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0923-6_5     Document Type: Article

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