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Removal of a flanged ventricular catheter: illustrative case
BACKGROUND: Flanged ventricular catheters were created in the 1970s to decrease shunt failure by preventing the holes at the catheter tip from contacting the choroid plexus. However, the flanges on the catheter frequently scarred within and tether to the choroid plexus, resulting in higher rates of...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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American Association of Neurological Surgeons
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10555562/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37728297 http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE23324 |