title: Therapeutic risks of anti-siphon devices.
abstract: Anti-Siphon devices need a siphon length of about 25 cm H2O to activate them. SCD and ASD show a dependence on the prepressure. The subcutaneous pressure can obstruct Anti-Siphon devices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kremer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aschoff
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kunze
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011187:Posture; D012307:Risk Factors; D014160:Transducers, Pressure; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*