Shunt complications

To some extent our greatest problem is the philosophic answer to the question, "who shall be treated, how intensely and to what expense?" The cost of care is almost always greatest in the child who is borderline in selection and least likely to survive. Over half of the children shunted af...

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Published inClinical neurosurgery Vol. 23; p. 393
Main Author Sayers, M P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 1976
Subjects
Brain Diseases - diagnosis
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts - adverse effects
Cysts - diagnosis
Diagnostic Errors
Headache - etiology
Humans
Hydrocephalus - diagnosis
Meningomyelocele - surgery
Postoperative Complications
Pulmonary Embolism - etiology
Sepsis - etiology
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Summary:To some extent our greatest problem is the philosophic answer to the question, "who shall be treated, how intensely and to what expense?" The cost of care is almost always greatest in the child who is borderline in selection and least likely to survive. Over half of the children shunted after application of searching criteria appear to this author to be compensated (Table 28.13).
ISSN:0069-4827