Follow-up analysis of ventriculoperitoneal and ventriculoatrial shunts for hydrocephalus
- 1 June 1975
- journal article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 42 (6), 679-682
- https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1975.42.6.0679
Abstract
The authors report an analysis of 300 patients in whom primary treatment for hydrocephalus was either a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) or ventriculoatrial (VA) shunt. Although differences in primary and total revision rates between placements were not statistically significant, the VA shunt failures carried a higher morbidity than the VP placements.Keywords
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