A New Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt with a Telemetric Intracranial Pressure Sensor: Clinical Experience in 94 Patients with Hydrocephalus

OBJECTIVE: We have developed a telemetric intracranial pressure sensor (OSAKA telesensor; Nagano Keiki Seisakusyo Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) and investigated the clinical usefulness of new ventriculoperitoneal shunting with an OSAKA telesensor, an on-off valve, and a programmable valve. METHODS: The OSAKA telesensor was applied in 94 patients at Osaka Medical College between March 1986 and December 1995. Postoperative management, postoperative...