Evaluating the incidence and risk factors for ventriculoperitoneal shunt sepsis at Dr George Mukhari Academic hospital in Pretoria, South Africa
Introduction: Patients with increased pressure hydrocephalus are a common referral to the Department of Neurosurgery at our institution. Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study performed by consecutively enrolling 335 subjects who underwent a ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion b...
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| Main Authors: | Andries Pretorius, Adrian Kelly, Patrick Lekgwara |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751925000799 |
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