Is it possible to optimize treatment of patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus by implanting an adjustable Medos Hakim valve in combination with a Miethke shunt assistant?

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 96, 2006, Pages 381-385

  Meier, U ^a   Lemcke, J ^a  

^a UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

idiopathic; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; outcome; programmable valves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85052609634     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-211-30714-1_79     Document Type: Article

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