Do antibiotic-impregnated shunts in hydrocephalus therapy reduce the risk of infection? An observational study in 258 patients

BACKGROUND: Shunt infection in hydrocephalus patients is a severe, even life-threatening complication. Antibiotic-impregnated shunts (AIS) have been developed in an attempt to reduce rate of shunt infection. The study was performed to analyze if AIS can diminish the rate of shunt infection. The path...

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Autores principales: Ritz, Rainer, Roser, Florian, Morgalla, Matthias, Dietz, Klaus, Tatagiba, Marcos, Will, Bernd E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1888699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17488498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-38

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1888699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17488498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-38

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