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Transtentorial Distortion Syndrome: Consistent Complication Following Lateral and Fourth Ventricular Shunting in Adults.
World neurosurgery - 1 Feb 2018
Craven Claudia L, Baudracco Irene, Thompson Simon D, Thorne Lewis, Watkins Laurence D, Toma Ahmed K
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BACKGROUND: Complex hydrocephalus affecting lateral and fourth ventricles separately is occasionally managed with cerebrospinal fluid diversion via supratentorial and infratentorial ventricular catheters. The optimal configuration to reduce complications is currently unknown in adults. We describe a consistently similar clinical presentation of patients with complex hydrocephalus and a fourth ventricle separately...
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