Gravity assisted vs. medium pressure valves for communicating hydrocephalus show similar valve-revision rates

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1987-1991

  Schatlo, Bawarjan ^a,d   Hamed, Motaz ^b   Grote, Alexander ^b   Schramm, Johannes ^b   Neuloh, Georg ^c  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d Kantonsspital Aarau Switzerland ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gravity assisted valve; Hydrocephalus; NPH; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVITY ASSISTED VALVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIUM PRESSURE VALVE; NEUROLOGICAL SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VALVE RELATED MALFUNCTION; VALVE RELATED OVERDRAINAGE; VALVE RELATED UNDERDRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884973318     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-013-1852-4     Document Type: Article

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