Complications of Lumboperitoneal Shunts for Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
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Complications of Lumboperitoneal Shunts for Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
For the past half century, the mainstay of cerebrospinal fluid shunting for normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) has been ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery. Lumboperitoneal (LP) shunt has been used occasionally and seemed to be associated with higher failure rates compared to ventriculoperitoneal shunts. There is no uniformity in the reporting of complication and surgical revision rates. Goals ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cureus
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2168-8184
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.171