When should ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement be performed in cases with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus?

The shunt infection rates vary from 2 to 39% among complications related to shunts used for hydrocephalus treatment. Shunt infections are reported to be more common than any other etiologies in newborn babies with myelomeningocele. In this study, we performed a retrospective evaluation of 94 MM and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Turkish neurosurgery 2008-10, Vol.18 (4), p.387-391
Hauptverfasser:	Oktem, Ibrahim Suat, Menkü, Ahmet, Ozdemir, Abdurrahman
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Emergency Medical Services Female Humans Hydrocephalus - surgery Infant, Newborn Male Meningitis - complications Meningomyelocele - pathology Meningomyelocele - surgery Neurosurgical Procedures Postoperative Complications - epidemiology Postoperative Complications - mortality Postoperative Complications - prevention & control Prosthesis-Related Infections - epidemiology Retrospective Studies Sex Factors Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt - adverse effects
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