Letter to the Editor. External shunt valve after shunt removal for infection as a cost-saving measure

Brice A. Kessler MD, Scott Elton MD and Carolyn Quinsey MD
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  • University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
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https://doi.org/10.3171/2019.5.PEDS19296
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Volume 24: Issue 6 (Dec 2019): Pages 611-738

in Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics
Cover Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics
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Correspondence Brice A. Kessler: brice.kessler@unchealth.unc.edu.INCLUDE WHEN CITING Published online September 13, 2019; DOI: 10.3171/2019.5.PEDS19296.Disclosures The authors report no conflict of interest.
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735–736
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