The British antibiotic and silver-impregnated catheters for ventriculoperitoneal shunts multi-centre randomised controlled trial (the BASICS trial): study protocol

BACKGROUND: Insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) for the treatment of hydrocephalus is one of the most common neurosurgical procedures in the UK, but failures caused by infection occur in approximately 8% of primary cases. VPS infection is associated with considerable morbidity and mortal...

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Autores principales: Jenkinson, Michael D, Gamble, Carrol, Hartley, John C, Hickey, Helen, Hughes, Dyfrig, Blundell, Michaela, Griffiths, Michael J, Solomon, Tom, Mallucci, Conor L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24383496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-4

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