title: Shunt dependence: myths and facts.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Chronically shunted patients are believed to be unable to have a shunt-free life. Nevertheless, sometimes shunt removal is possible after an endoscopic third ventriculostomy, even after long periods of cerebral spinal fluid diversion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We perform a literature review that leads to a discussion of this subject in the light of the current medical knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurological Surgery, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, University of Montpellier I, Montpellier, France. imaldonado@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Igor Lima
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Maldonado
authors.forename: Charles-Ambroise
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Valery
authors.forename: Anne-Laure
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Boch
mesh_terms: D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000592:standards*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*