title: [Shunt infection in hydrocephalus].
abstract: Infection is a generally feared complication of liquor drainage. Shunt sepsis is reported in this paper with reference to 284 patients with liquor drainage. The rate of infection amounted to 9.1 percent. Therapeutic action included application of antibiotics, surgical valve removal, and delayed restitution. The mortality was as high as 29.4 percent. Chemoprophylaxis should begin in parallel with primary shunt implantation.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Medizinischen Fakultät Granada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vara-Thorbeck
mesh_terms: D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D010537:Peritoneum; D012086:Reoperation; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Infektion der Ableitungssysteme beim Hydrozephalus.