Randomized Trial of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Valve Design in Pediatric Hydrocephalus
- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 43 (2), 294-303
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-199808000-00068
Abstract
OBJECTIVE. Forty percent of standard cerebrospinal fluid shunts implanted for the treatment of pediatric hydrocephalus fail within the first year. TwoKeywords
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