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Noninvasive thermal evaluation for shunt failure in the emergency room

BACKGROUND: Ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPSs) have been the mainstay of treating hydrocephalus since the 1950s. However, shunts have a reported complication rate reaching nearly 50%. Devices have been developed that utilize noninvasive thermal transcutaneous diffusion technology. These shunt evalua...

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Autores principales: Xu, Jordan, Poole, Cassie, Sahyouni, Ronald, Chen, Jefferson
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6935949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31893155
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_324_2019