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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1986;15(1): 107-112. |
Clinical Experience on Lumboperitoneal Shunt. |
Joong Uhn Choi, Sang Keun Park, Young Soo Kim, Sang Sup Chung, Jyu Chang Lee |
Department of Neurosurgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. |
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ABSTRACT |
Authors experienced the lumboperitoneal shunt in 13 patients. There were 8 communicating hydrocephaluses, 2 benign intracranial hypertensions, 2 cerebrospinal fluid fistulas and 1 postcraniectomy bulging. Lumboperitoneal shunt was thought to be a very simple extracranial procedure which reduce the complications from ventriculoperitoneal shunt such as subdural fluid collection, subdural hematoma, slit ventricle syndrome and conversion from communicating hydrocephalus to non-communicating hydrocephalus. The efficacy of this procedure was documented and literatures were reviewed. |
Key Words:
Lumboperitoneal shunt; Communicating hydrocephalus; Arachnoiditis; Silastic |
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