Management with a programmable pressure valve of subdural hematomas caused by a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: Case report

Bilateral subdural hematomata secondary to a ventriculoperitoneal shunt in a hydrocephalus patient was effectively controlled with a programmable pressure valve.

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Published inSurgical neurology Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 381 - 383
Main Authors Kamano, Shuji, Nakano, Yukiteru, Imanishi, Tomoyuki, Hattori, Mitsuo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.05.1991
Elsevier
Subjects
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts - adverse effects
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts - instrumentation
Computers
Hematoma, Subdural - etiology
Hematoma, Subdural - therapy
Humans
Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus - surgery
Magnetics
Male
Medical sciences
Neurosurgery
Programmable pressure valve
Skull, brain, vascular surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt
Hydrocephalus
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt
Programmable pressure valve
Human
Subdural
Ventriculoperitoneal
Nervous system diseases
Programming
Bilateral
Male
Cerebrospinal fluid
Pressure
Case study
Bypass
Hematoma
Complication
Valve
Biomedical engineering
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Summary:Bilateral subdural hematomata secondary to a ventriculoperitoneal shunt in a hydrocephalus patient was effectively controlled with a programmable pressure valve.
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ISSN:0090-3019
1879-3339
DOI:10.1016/0090-3019(91)90050-J