Safety and efficacy of gravitational shunt valves in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a pragmatic, randomised, open label, multicentre trial (SVASONA)

OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether gravitational valves reduce the risk of overdrainage complications compared with programmable valves in ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt surgery for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). BACKGROUND: Patients with iNPH may benefit from VP shunting but are...

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Autores principales: Lemcke, Johannes, Meier, Ullrich, Müller, Cornelia, Fritsch, Michael J, Kehler, Uwe, Langer, Niels, Kiefer, Michael, Eymann, Regina, Schuhmann, Martin U, Speil, Andreas, Weber, Friedrich, Remenez, Victor, Rohde, Veit, Ludwig, Hans-Christoph, Stengel, Dirk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2013
Materias:
Neurosurgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23457222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2012-303936

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23457222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2012-303936

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