On the method of a randomised comparison of programmable valves with and without gravitational units: The SVASONA study

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 243-246

  Lemcke, Johannes ^a   Meier, Ullrich ^a   Müller, Cornelia ^b   Fritsch, Michael ^b   Kiefer, Michael ^c   Eymann, Regina ^c   Kehler, Uwe ^d   Langer, Niels ^d   Schuhmann, Martin U ^e   Speil, Andreas ^e   Weber, Friedrich ^f   Remenez, Victor ^f   Rohde, Veit ^g   Ludwig, Hans Christoph ^g   Stengel, Dirk ^h  

^a Unfallkrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d ASKLEPIOS KLINIK ALTONA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^h Center for Clinical Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Controlled randomised study; Gravitational units; Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; Overdrainage; Programmable valves

Indexed keywords

ATAXIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GRAVITATIONAL UNIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGRAMMABLE VALVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 85052608953     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: 00016268     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0956-4_48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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