Shunt dependence: myths and facts
| Autor: | Igor Lima Maldonado, Anne-Laure Boch, Charles-Ambroise Valery |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Medical knowledge
medicine.medical_specialty Cerebral Spinal Fluid business.industry Endoscopic third ventriculostomy medicine.disease Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts Shunt (medical) Hydrocephalus Ventriculostomy Chronic disease Chronic Disease medicine Humans Surgery Neurology (clinical) Neurosurgery Intensive care medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Acta neurochirurgica. 152(9) |
| ISSN: | 0942-0940 |
| Popis: | Chronically shunted patients are believed to be unable to have a shunt-free life. Nevertheless, sometimes shunt removal is possible after an endoscopic third ventriculostomy, even after long periods of cerebral spinal fluid diversion. We perform a literature review that leads to a discussion of this subject in the light of the current medical knowledge. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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