A REAPPRAISAL OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS LEADING TO SHUNT INFECTION
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Infection is a frequent complication of
shunt operations which lead to prolong hospital
stay, 3 times more operative procedures than the
non-infected cases and have twice the fatality rate
, with a reported incidence varying from 3.3%
23%, reported by Choux and colleqgues
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Khan I, Haider N, Qadeer M, Gun P, Chosky M. A REAPPRAISAL OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS LEADING TO SHUNT INFECTION. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2011 Jul. 25 [cited 2024 Apr. 19];19(2). Available from: https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/25
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