TY - JOUR
AU - Thomale, Ulrich-Wilhelm
AB - Childs Nerv Syst (2013) 29:2019–2025 DOI 10.1007/s00381-013-2160-2 ORIGINAL PAPER Adjustments in gravitational valves for the treatment of childhood hydrocephalus—a retrospective survey Anna Felicitas Gebert & Matthias Schulz & Hannes Haberl & Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale Received: 9 May 2013 /Accepted: 13 May 2013 /Published online: 29 May 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 Abstract was mostly well tolerated and allows for a noninvasive and Objective Debatable disadvantages of preset differential MRI stable treatment of over- and underdrainage. pressure valves in treating pediatric hydrocephalus are the . . inability to treat over- and underdrainage after implantation Keywords Pediatric hydrocephalus Overdrainage . . . without further surgery. This survey aims to retrospectively Adjustable valve Gravitational-assisted valve CSF determine whether adjustments were performed and effectively Children used for the individual adaptation of CSF drainage from the shunted patients’ and families’ perspective. Methods In a series of 132 consecutive patients (59girls; Introduction 73boys, 0–29 years), families, caretakers, or the patients themselves were interviewed about their experiences after In the mid-1950s, CSF-diverting shunt systems started to using the proGAV (Miethke-Aesculap, Germany) within a evolve as standard treatment for hydrocephalus by using CSF-diverting shunt system. Thereby, the necessity and valves to regulate the amount of drained CSF. The 
TI - Adjustments in gravitational valves for the treatment of childhood hydrocephalus—a retrospective survey
JF - Child's Nervous System
DO - 10.1007/s00381-013-2160-2
DA - 2013-05-29
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/adjustments-in-gravitational-valves-for-the-treatment-of-childhood-MrBAI5LTpc
SP - 2019
EP - 2025
VL - 29
IS - 11
DP - DeepDyve
ER -