title: New instrumentation for the assembly of shunt systems by a non-touch technique.
abstract: In modern neurosurgery there are many types of ventricular shunts, ventricular drains and access devices. These are composed of a variety of components which are best assembled and manipulated using a non-touch technique. A comprehensive and inexpensive set of instruments is described which is easy to sterilize and which will facilitate the easy manipulation and assembly of a wide range of these devices by a true non-touch technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Ashpole
mesh_terms: D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D010537:Peritoneum; D013525:Surgical Instruments