A Reappraisal of the Necessity of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt After Decompressive Craniectomy in Traumatic Brain Injury

Purpose Cranioplasty itself is believed to have therapeutic effects on hydrocephalus. The goal of this study was to evaluate the hypothesis that not every patient with hydrocephalus after decompressive craniectomy needs cerebrospinal fluid diversion, and that cranioplasty should be performed before...

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Main Authors: Seunghan Yu, Hyuk Jin Choi, Jung Hwan Lee, Mahnjeong Ha, Byung Chul Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Traumatology 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Trauma and Injury
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Online Access:http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-2020-0072.pdf