FAILURE TO FOLLOW PATIENTS WITH HYDROCEPHALUS SHUNTS CAN LEAD TO DEATH

Authors
BUXTON N PUNT J
Citation
N. Buxton et J. Punt, FAILURE TO FOLLOW PATIENTS WITH HYDROCEPHALUS SHUNTS CAN LEAD TO DEATH, British journal of neurosurgery, 12(5), 1998, pp. 399-401
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
British journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
02688697
Volume
12
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
399 - 401
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-8697(1998)12:5<399:FTFPWH>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Failure to follow patients with hydrocephalus can expose them to poten tially fatal consequences. Two cases are used to illustrate this and t he merits of follow-up of these patients are discussed.