A simple method for distal catheter lengthening of ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Technical note.
A simple technique to lengthen the distal catheter of ventriculoperitoneal shunts is described. This method, which utilizes a guidewire, has been successful in elective shunt revisions in eight children.
Goldenberg
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Division of Neurological Surgery, California College of Medicine, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange.
Pritz
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*