Functions and complications of shunts in
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W. Serlo; E. Fernell; E. Heikkinen; H. Anderson; L. Wendt
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Article
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1990
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Springer
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English
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Shunt function and complications in different etiologies of childhood hydrocephalus were studied in a series of 306 patients involving 1102 shunt operations. Shunts in patients with hydrocephalus caused by neoplasms proved to be most prone to shunt complications. The patency time for shunts in these