Lumbo-omental shunt for drainage of cerebrospinal fluid--an experimental study in dogs. I. The transport of cerebrospinal fluid from the lumbar subarachnoid space, studied by 169Yb-DTPA and a gamma camera.
Studies using an experimental cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting procedure are presented. By transposing a pedicle graft of the greater omentum to the lumbar subarachnoid space, the CSF absorption of the omentum can be utilized. Monitoring the absorption of intrathecally administration of 169Yb-DTPA by gamma camera sequential pictures 1 to 17 months after the shunt procedure, a rapid transport of radionuclide from the lumbo-omental shunt to the systemic venous blood was demonstrated.
D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D004285:Dogs; D009852:Omentum / Q000378:metabolism / Q000637:transplantation*; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
D004369:Pentetic Acid