The enigma of underdrainage in shunting with hydrostatic valves and possible solutions

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 95, 2005, Pages 229-235

  Sprung, C ^a   Miethke, C ^b   Schlosser, H G ^a   Brock, M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Christoph Miethke GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; hydrostatic valve; programmable shunt; underdrainage; ventriculo peritoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS FITTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85052609256     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-211-32318-X_47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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