Outcomes following cerebrospinal fluid shunting in high-grade glioma patients.

CONCLUSIONS Shunting can be an effective treatment for the symptoms of hydrocephalus in patients with high-grade gliomas. However, the authors' results suggest that this procedure carries a significant risk of complications in this patient population. PMID: 29271709 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - December 22, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Rinaldo L, Brown D, Lanzino G, Parney IF Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research