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Postoperative ventriculitis in hydrocephalus: Treatment with External Ventricular Drainage

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Twenty hydrocephalic children with postoperative ventriculitis were treated with External Ventricular Drainage after removal of the infected shunt. The advantages and disadvantages of this treatment are discussed.

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  1. F. J. Villarejo

    Present address: Neurosurgical Service Spanish Social Security, Ciudad Sanitaria, La Paz, Madrid, Spain

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    Villarejo, F.J. Postoperative ventriculitis in hydrocephalus: Treatment with External Ventricular Drainage. Acta neurochir 48, 41–45 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01406019

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