Combined Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy and Lumboperitoneal Shunt Surgery in an Elderly Patient With Complex Hydrocephalus: Mixture of Late-onset Obstructive and Communicating Hydrocephaluses

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Sang-Youl Yoon (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
Kyunghun Kang (Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
Chaejin Lee (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
Jeong-Hyun Hwang (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
Myoung Hun Hahm (Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
Eunhee Park (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
Ki-Su Park (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University)

This work was supported by a grant from the Software Medical Device Specialized Support Project from K-medi Hub (2022).

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