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Factors affecting ventriculoperitoneal shunt survival in adult patients

Farid Ahmad Khan, Abdul Rehman, MuhammadS Shamim

Surgical Neurology International · 2015 · 104 citations · 38 references

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Abstract

Patients with increased age, prolonged hospital stay, GCS score of less than 13, extra-ventricular drains in situ, or excision of brain tumors were more likely to experience early shunt malfunction.

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