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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Traumatology
2020-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Trauma and Injury |
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Online Access: | http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-2020-0072.pdf |