Late improvement in closed head injury with a low-pressure valve shunt
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Brain Injury
- Vol. 6 (1) , 71-73
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02699059209008125
Abstract
This study reports the case of an elderly female patient who made a late and unexpected recovery from a closed head injury after a medium-pressure shunt valve was replaced with a low-pressure valve.Keywords
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