Posture-related Overdrainage: Comparison of the Performance of 10 Hydrocephalus Shunts in Vitro
- 1 February 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 42 (2) , 327-334
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-199802000-00069
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:. Approximately 10 to 30% of shunt revisions may be attributed to posture-related overdrainage. The susceptibility of various hydrocephalus sKeywords
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