Prospects of CSF shunt independence among chronically shunted patients.

Joyce KoueikAimee Teo BromanBermans J Iskandar

Published in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2024)

Considering the long-term complications of shunting, achieving shunt independence may provide hope for improved quality of life. While this study is underpowered, it provides pilot data identifying factors that predict shunt independence in chronically shunted patients, namely age, absence of prior shunt revision, etiology, and in the ETV group, the ETVSS.

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