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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt complications in an adult population: A comparison of various shunt designs to prevent overdrainage

BACKGROUND: Overdrainage after cerebrospinal fluid diversion remains a significant morbidity. The hydrostatic, gravitational force in the upright position can aggravate this. Siphon control (SC) mechanisms, as well as programmable and flow regulating devices, were developed to counteract this. Howev...

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Autores principales: Desai, Virendra Rajendrakumar, Sadrameli, Saeed Sam, Jenson, Amanda V., Asante, Samuel K., Daniels, Bradley, Trask, Todd W., Britz, Gavin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7538957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33033631
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_38_2020