Abstract
During the year 1982/1983, 3,162 shunt procedures were done in Canada. Nineteen hundred and seventy-three were shunt insertions and 1,189 were shunt revisions. Based on population, the number of insertions varied between 1 per 5,000 in the province of Nova Scotia to 1 per 20,000 in the province of Manitoba.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1989 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Hoffman, H.J., Smith, M.S.M. (1989). The Use of Shunting Devices for Cerebrospinal Fluid in Canada. In: Matsumoto, S., Sato, K., Tamaki, N., Oi, S. (eds) Annual Review of Hydrocephalus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11149-9_55
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11149-9_55
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-662-11151-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-662-11149-9
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive