title: A simple method for distal catheter lengthening of ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Technical note.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurological Surgery, California College of Medicine, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Goldenberg
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Pritz
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*