title: Explanted shunt valves: factors contributing to their failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Brydon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bayston
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Hayward
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Harkness
mesh_terms: D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002648:Child; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation