When Do Pediatric Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts Fail?
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NOVEMBER 7, 2024
To begin, a 2012 prospective pediatric study found a failure rate of 16.9 3 This study was conducted at six institutions in the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. Sometimes it is; most often it’s not. While we often evaluate the shunt for malfunction, is there a particular time window where shunt malfunction is more common?
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