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Ventriculosubgaleal shunt in the management of recurrent ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection

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The use of a ventriculosubgaleal shunt for temporary treatment of hydrocephalus in a child with multiple recurrent shunt infections related to eczema in the neck is described. Further shunt infection was avoided, the eczema cleared, and a permanent ventriculoperitoneal shunt was inserted successfully after 2 months.

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  1. Division of Neurosurgery, B.C.'s Children's Hospital, 4480 Oak Street, V6H 3V4, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Paul Steinbok & D. Douglas Cochrane

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Steinbok, P., Cochrane, D.D. Ventriculosubgaleal shunt in the management of recurrent ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection. Child's Nerv Syst 10, 536–538 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00335079

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