Performance of fixed-pressure valve with antisiphon device SPHERA® in hydrocephalus treatment and overdrainage prevention

Patients with hydrocephalus and risk factors for overdrainage may be submitted to ventricular shunt (VS) implant with antisiphon device. The objective of this study was to prospectively evaluate for two years the clinical and tomographic results of the implant of fixed-pressure valves with antisipho...

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Main Authors: Fernando Campos Gomes Pinto, Renan Muralho Pereira, Felippe Saad, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2012-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2012000900011&lng=en&tlng=en