Implementation of a Shunt Insertion Protocol and Its Effect on Institutional Shunt Infection Rates.

Some of the factors that were associated with greater odds of infection were age less than one year, patients with a previous history of shunt infection, emergency operations, secondary shunt surgery, surgery by junior trainees, and procedures performed with endoscopy, although the value did not reach statistical significance (Tables 2 , 3 ).

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