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SUBMITTER: Meshkin DH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7722575 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meshkin Dean H DH Economides James M JM Dowlati Ehsan E Fan Kenneth L KL McGrail Kevin K Evans Karen K KK
Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open 20201120 11
Cerebral ventricular shunt placements are the most common neurosurgical procedure performed today, which play a life-long role in the care of patients with hydrocephalus. Complication rates requiring shunt replacement are as high as 25%, and the potential need for multiple revisions throughout a patient's life may result in the formation of scar tissue and compromised wound healing. Without addition of vascularized tissue, patients with scalp scarring and impaired wound healing then enter a cycl ...[more]