A study of the Indian valve for ventriculo-atrial shunts in the treatment of hydrocephalus.
Because of the high costs of importing commercially-available shunts, a hand-made ventriculo-atrial shunt was devised in India for the treatment of hydrocephalus. Modifications have been made to the original design and these shunts are now being produced commercially at a fraction of the cost of other available shunts. Hydrodynamic testing indicates that they compare favourably with the other shunts at present in use.
D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D007194:India