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Antibiotic or silver versus standard ventriculoperitoneal shunts (BASICS): a multicentre, single-bli...

Antibiotic or silver versus standard ventriculoperitoneal shunts (BASICS): a multicentre, single-bli...

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Antibiotic or silver versus standard ventriculoperitoneal shunts (BASICS): a multicentre, single-blinded, randomised trial and economic evaluation

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Antibiotic or silver versus standard ventriculoperitoneal shunts (BASICS): a multicentre, single-blinded, randomised trial and economic evaluation

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BASICS Study collaborators , Mallucci, Conor L , Jenkinson, Michael D , Conroy, Elizabeth J , Hartley, John C , Brown, Michaela , Dalton, Joanne , Kearns, Tom , Moitt, Tracy , Griffiths, Michael J , Culeddu, Giovanna , Solomon, Tom , Hughes, Dyfrig , Gamble, Carrol , Pettorini, Benedetta , Parks, Christopher , van Tonder, Libby , Foster, Mitchel T , McMahon, Catherine , Buxton, Neil , Chavredakis, Emmanuel , Brodbelt, Andrew R , Lawson, David DA , Eldridge, Paul R , Farah, Jibril O , Zakaria, Rasheed , Geraint, Sunderland , Solanki, Guirish , Rodrigues, Desiderio , Edwards, Richard , Williams, Adam , Garnett, Matthew , Kolias, Angelos , Hutchinson, Peter JA , Caldwell, Karen , Tarantino, Silvia , Leach, Paul , Zaben, Malik , Zilani, Gulam , Shastin, Dmitri , Merola, Joseph , Hussain, Rahim , Vemaraju, Ravindra , Selezneva, Liudmila , Radford, Georgina , Lloyd, Nadine , Crimmins, Darach , Caird, John , Sayar, Maria N , Thompson, Dominic , Aquilina, Kristian , James, Gregory , Strachan, Roger , Mukerji, Nitin , Thakur, Bhaskar , Dickson, Holly , Nsirim, Eniola , Goodden, John , Deniz, Kenan , Clarke, Janet , Kambafwile, Mary , Anderson, Ian , Chave-Cox, Rebecca , Sheik, Asim , Mathew, Ryan , Richards, Oliver , Mukherjee, Soumya , Chumas, Paul , Tyagi, Atul , Sikakumar, Gnanamurthy , Toma, Admed , D'Antona, Linda , Watkins, Laurence , Thorne, Lewis , Bassen, Vanessa , Holliman, Damien , Coulter, Ian , Macarthur, Donald , Howarth, Simon , Smith, Stuart , Javed, Shazia , Kamaly, Ian , Ramirez, Roberto , King, Andrew , Nadig, Ardash , Thorne, John , Ushewokunze, Shungu , Sinha, Saurabh , Zaki, Hesham , McMullan, John , Bulters, Diederik , Waters, Ryan , Zilidis, George , Roach, Joy , Sadek, Ahmed , Holton, Patrick , Zolnourian, Ardalan , Chakraborty, Aabir , Kandasamy, Jothy , Hughes, Mark and Brennan, Paul M

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England: Elsevier Ltd

Journal title

The Lancet (British edition), 2019-10, Vol.394 (10208), p.1530-1539

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English

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Publisher

England: Elsevier Ltd

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Contents

Insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt for hydrocephalus is one of the commonest neurosurgical procedures worldwide. Infection of the implanted shunt affects up to 15% of these patients, resulting in prolonged hospital treatment, multiple surgeries, and reduced cognition and quality of life. Our aim was to determine the clinical and cost-effecti...

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Antibiotic or silver versus standard ventriculoperitoneal shunts (BASICS): a multicentre, single-blinded, randomised trial and economic evaluation

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Author / Creator

BASICS Study collaborators
Mallucci, Conor L
Jenkinson, Michael D
Conroy, Elizabeth J
Hartley, John C
Brown, Michaela
Dalton, Joanne
Kearns, Tom
Moitt, Tracy
Griffiths, Michael J
Culeddu, Giovanna
Solomon, Tom
Hughes, Dyfrig
Gamble, Carrol
Pettorini, Benedetta
Parks, Christopher
van Tonder, Libby
Foster, Mitchel T
McMahon, Catherine
Buxton, Neil
Chavredakis, Emmanuel
Brodbelt, Andrew R
Lawson, David DA
Eldridge, Paul R
Farah, Jibril O
Zakaria, Rasheed
Geraint, Sunderland
Solanki, Guirish
Rodrigues, Desiderio
Edwards, Richard
Williams, Adam
Garnett, Matthew
Kolias, Angelos
Hutchinson, Peter JA
Caldwell, Karen
Tarantino, Silvia
Leach, Paul
Zaben, Malik
Zilani, Gulam
Shastin, Dmitri
Merola, Joseph
Hussain, Rahim
Vemaraju, Ravindra
Selezneva, Liudmila
Radford, Georgina
Lloyd, Nadine
Crimmins, Darach
Caird, John
Sayar, Maria N
Thompson, Dominic
Aquilina, Kristian
James, Gregory
Strachan, Roger
Mukerji, Nitin
Thakur, Bhaskar
Dickson, Holly
Nsirim, Eniola
Goodden, John
Deniz, Kenan
Clarke, Janet
Kambafwile, Mary
Anderson, Ian
Chave-Cox, Rebecca
Sheik, Asim
Mathew, Ryan
Richards, Oliver
Mukherjee, Soumya
Chumas, Paul
Tyagi, Atul
Sikakumar, Gnanamurthy
Toma, Admed
D'Antona, Linda
Watkins, Laurence
Thorne, Lewis
Bassen, Vanessa
Holliman, Damien
Coulter, Ian
Macarthur, Donald
Howarth, Simon
Smith, Stuart
Javed, Shazia
Kamaly, Ian
Ramirez, Roberto
King, Andrew
Nadig, Ardash
Thorne, John
Ushewokunze, Shungu
Sinha, Saurabh
Zaki, Hesham
McMullan, John
Bulters, Diederik
Waters, Ryan
Zilidis, George
Roach, Joy
Sadek, Ahmed
Holton, Patrick
Zolnourian, Ardalan
Chakraborty, Aabir
Kandasamy, Jothy
Hughes, Mark
Brennan, Paul M

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6999649

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6999649

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ISSN

0140-6736

E-ISSN

1474-547X

DOI

10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31603-4

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