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Positional plagiocephaly following ventriculoperitoneal shunting in neonates and infancy—how serious is it?

PURPOSE: We test the hypothesis that ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt insertion significantly increases contralateral positional plagiocephaly. METHODS: We reviewed 339 children who had a VP shunt inserted at Birmingham Children’s Hospital between 2006 and 2013, noting laterality of shunt insertion a...

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Autores principales: Roberts, Stuart A. G., Symonds, Joseph D., Chawla, Reema, Toman, Emma, Bishop, Jonathan, Solanki, Guirish A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5352750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27848003
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00381-016-3275-z