Sometimes people have confused a shunt with a stent when talking to me about my hydrocephalus, probably because their experience of stents in the media or with loved ones is more frequent.
I have a cerebral shunt for hydrocephalus.
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has recently had a coronary stent implanted.
The functions and purposes of shunts and stents are quite different, and they are placed in different areas of the body.
