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Brain Edema XIV pp 87–89Cite as

Glue Instead of Stitches: A Minor Change of the Operative Technique with a Serious Impact on the Shunt Infection Rate

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, Saarland University, Kirrberger Street, Building 90, Homburg-Saar, Saarland, 66421, Germany

    Regina Eymann

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Saarland University Medical School, Kirrberger Street, Building: 90.1, Homburg-Saar, 66421, Germany

    Michael Kiefer

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  1. Medical Research Center, PAN Warszawa, Ceglowska St. 80, Warszawa, 01-809, Poland

    Zbigniew Czernicki

  2. Klinikum Großhadern, Universitätsklinikum München, Marchioninistr. 15, München, 81377, Germany

    Alexander Baethmann

  3. Dept. Neurosurgery, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Kyonan-cho 1-26-1, Musashino City, Tokyo, 180, Japan

    Umeo Ito

  4. School of Medicine, Nihon University, Oyaguchikami-machi 30-1 , Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan

    Yoichi Katayama

  5. Dept. Neuropathology, Medical Research Institute, Yushima 1-5-45, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan

    Toshihiko Kuroiwa

  6. Dept. Neurosurgery, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE46BE, United Kingdom

    David Mendelow

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Eymann, R., Kiefer, M. (2010). Glue Instead of Stitches: A Minor Change of the Operative Technique with a Serious Impact on the Shunt Infection Rate. In: Czernicki, Z., Baethmann, A., Ito, U., Katayama, Y., Kuroiwa, T., Mendelow, D. (eds) Brain Edema XIV. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 106. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-98811-4_14

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