Shunts vs endoscopic third ventriculostomy in infants: are there different types and/or rates of complications?
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- 20 October 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Child's Nervous System
- Vol. 22 (12), 1573-1589
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-006-0194-4
Abstract
The decision-making process when we compare endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) with shunts as surgical options for the treatment of hydrocephalus in infants is conditioned by the incidence of specific and shared complications of the two surgical procedures.Keywords
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