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Post-traumatic hydrocephalus - incidence, risk factors, treatment, and clinical outcome.

Teodor Svedung WettervikAnders LewénPer Enblad
Published in: British journal of neurosurgery (2021)
Post-traumatic ventriculomegaly was common, but few developed symptomatic PTH and received a VP-shunt. Patients with low-pressure hydrocephalus symptoms had the best shunt response, whereas patients with suspected vegetative state exhibited a minimal shunt response.
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