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Antibiotic-impregnated ventriculo-peritoneal shunts in patients at high risk of infection.

Alessio A Albanese, Pasquale P De Bonis, Giovanni G Sabatino, Gennaro G Capone, Enrico E Marchese, Andrea A Vignati, and Giulio G Maira

Audio, Transactions of the IRE Profess... 151(10):1259-63 (2009) PMID 19390777

To determine the efficacy of antibiotic impregnated shunts (AIS) in reducing shunt infections in a population at high risk of shunt infection.

DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0317-2
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