Morbidity of Ventricular Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Surgery in Adults: An 8-Year Study
Authors:
- Anne-Marie KorinekAKAnne-Marie Korinek
- Laurence Fulla-OllerLFLaurence Fulla-Oller
- 1 April 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 68 (4) , 985-995
Abstract
BACKGROUND:. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt procedures have dramatically reduced the morbidity and mortality rates associated with hydrocephalus. HoweKeywords
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