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A child with hydrocephalus and macrocrania was treated by a shunt procedure. After placement of a bilateral ventriculo-atrial shunt subdural hematomas developed on both sides. Burr hole drainage and insertion of a pressure-adjustable valve were used to obliterate the subdural hematomas and to influence the outflow resistance of the shunt.
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Dietrich, U., Lumenta, C., Sprick, C. et al. Subdural hematoma in a case of hydrocephalus and macrocrania. Child's Nerv Syst 3, 242–243 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00274058
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