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![]() | Kestle, John R. W. | Randomized trial of cerebrospinal fluid shunt valve design in pediatric hydrocephalus | OBJECTIVE: Forty percent of standard cerebrospinal fluid shunts implanted for the treatment of pediatric hydrocephalus fail within the first year. Two new shunt valves designed to limit excess flow, particularly in upright positions, were studied to compare treatment failure rates with those for st... | Shunt failure; Valve design; Orbis-Sigma valve; Delta valve | 1998 |