Latex and silicon allergy related to cerebrospinal shunt hardware

A less frequent complications of shunt systems ventriculoperitoneal used for the management of hydrocephalus is the allergy materials which usually are built, silicone and latex. Patients undergoing multiple changes device may be at risk of developing high rejection to materials. Differential diagno...

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Main Authors: Hernando Alvis-Miranda, Gabriel Alcala-Cerra, Sandra Milena Castellar-Leones, Hector Farid Escorcia, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: London Academic Publishing 2013-03-01
Series:Romanian Neurosurgery
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Online Access:https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/686